metalcloud-cli secret create
Create a new secret
Synopsis
Section titled “Synopsis”Create a new encrypted secret for secure credential storage.
This command creates a new secret that will be encrypted and stored securely. The secret configuration must be provided through a JSON file or piped input.
Required Flags: —config-source Source of the secret configuration (required) Can be either ‘pipe’ for stdin input or a path to a JSON file
The configuration file must contain: name (string) The secret name (required) value (string) The secret value to encrypt (required) usage (string) 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:
Create a secret from JSON file
Section titled “Create a secret from JSON file”metalcloud-cli secret create —config-source ./my-secret.json
Create a secret from stdin (pipe)
Section titled “Create a secret from stdin (pipe)”echo ’{“name”:“api-key”,“value”:“sk-1234567890”,“usage”:“credential”}’ | metalcloud-cli secret create —config-source pipe
Create from file with different usage type
Section titled “Create from file with different usage type”metalcloud-cli secret create —config-source ./ssh-key.json
Example JSON configuration: { “name”: “database-password”, “value”: “super-secret-password”, “usage”: “credential” }
metalcloud-cli secret create [flags]Options
Section titled “Options” --config-source string Source of the new secret configuration. Can be 'pipe' or path to a JSON file. -h, --help help for createOptions inherited from parent commands
Section titled “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
Section titled “SEE ALSO”- metalcloud-cli secret - Manage encrypted secrets for secure credential storage