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metalcloud-cli secret delete

Delete a secret

Delete a secret by its ID.

This command permanently removes a secret from the system. The secret ID must be provided as a numeric value. This action cannot be undone.

Arguments: secret_id Numeric ID of the secret to delete (required)

Examples:

metalcloud-cli secret delete 123

metalcloud-cli secret delete 456 —auto-approve

Note: Be careful when deleting secrets as this action is irreversible. Make sure the secret is not being used by any infrastructure configurations before deletion.

metalcloud-cli secret delete secret_id [flags]
-h, --help help for delete
-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")

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