# metalcloud-cli secret

Manage encrypted secrets for secure credential storage

## Synopsis

Manage encrypted secrets for secure credential storage.

Secrets provide a secure way to store sensitive information like passwords, API keys,
and other credentials that can be referenced in your infrastructure configurations.
All secret values are encrypted at rest and in transit.

Available Commands:
  list                List all secrets
  get                 Get secret details by ID
  create              Create a new secret
  update              Update an existing secret
  delete              Delete a secret
  config-example      Show example configuration format

Examples:
  ## List all secrets
  metalcloud-cli secret list

  ## Get details of a specific secret
  metalcloud-cli secret get 123

  ## Create a new secret from JSON file
  metalcloud-cli secret create --config-source ./secret.json

  ## Create a secret from stdin
  echo '{"name":"my-secret","value":"secret-value","usage":"credential"}' | metalcloud-cli secret create --config-source pipe

  ## Update a secret
  metalcloud-cli secret update 123 --config-source ./updated-secret.json

  ## Delete a secret
  metalcloud-cli secret delete 123

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for secret
```

### 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](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli.md)	 - MetalCloud CLI
* [metalcloud-cli secret config-example](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_secret_config-example.md)	 - Show example secret configuration format
* [metalcloud-cli secret create](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_secret_create.md)	 - Create a new secret
* [metalcloud-cli secret delete](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_secret_delete.md)	 - Delete a secret
* [metalcloud-cli secret get](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_secret_get.md)	 - Get secret details by ID
* [metalcloud-cli secret list](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_secret_list.md)	 - List all secrets
* [metalcloud-cli secret update](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_secret_update.md)	 - Update an existing secret

#### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 11-Aug-2025