1podman-secret-create(1)     General Commands Manual    podman-secret-create(1)
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NAME

6       podman-secret-create - Create a new secret
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman secret create [options] name file|-
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DESCRIPTION

14       Creates  a  secret  using  standard input or from a file for the secret
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18       Create accepts a path to a file, or -, which tells podman to  read  the
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22       A secret is a blob of sensitive data which a container needs at runtime
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24       usernames  and  passwords, TLS certificates and keys, SSH keys or other
25       important generic strings or binary content (up to 500 kb in size).
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28       Secrets will not be committed to an image with podman commit, and  will
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OPTIONS

33   --driver, -d=driver
34       Specify the secret driver (default file, which is unencrypted).
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50       Add  label  to secret. These labels can be viewed in podman secrete in‐
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EXAMPLES

55              $ podman secret create my_secret ./secret.json
56              $ podman secret create --driver=file my_secret ./secret.json
57              $ printf <secret> | podman secret create my_secret -
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SEE ALSO

62       podman(1), podman-secret(1)
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HISTORY

66       January  2021,  Originally  compiled  by  Ashley  Cui   acui@redhat.com
67       ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩
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