metalcloud-cli secret config-example

Show example secret configuration format

Synopsis

Display an example JSON configuration structure for creating secrets.

This command outputs a sample configuration that can be used as a template for creating new secrets. The configuration includes all available fields with example values.

The configuration format includes:

• name: The secret name (required)
• value: The secret value to encrypt (required)
• usage: The usage type (optional, defaults to “credential”)

Available usage types:

• credential: For storing passwords, API keys, tokens
• configuration: For storing configuration values
• certificate: For storing SSL/TLS certificates
• ssh_key: For storing SSH keys

Examples:

Show configuration example

metalcloud-cli secret config-example

Save example to file for editing

metalcloud-cli secret config-example > my-secret.json

Use example as template with custom output format

metalcloud-cli secret config-example —output json

metalcloud-cli secret config-example [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for config-example

Options inherited from parent commands

  -k, --api_key string         MetalCloud API key
  -c, --config string          Config file path
  -d, --debug                  Set to enable debug logging
  -e, --endpoint string        MetalCloud API endpoint
  -f, --format string          Output format. Supported values are 'text','csv','md','json','yaml'. (default "text")
  -i, --insecure_skip_verify   Set to allow insecure transport
  -l, --log_file string        Log file path
  -v, --verbosity string       Log level verbosity (default "INFO")

SEE ALSO

• metalcloud-cli secret - Manage encrypted secrets for secure credential storage

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