github.com/Ilhicas/nomad@v1.0.4-0.20210304152020-e86851182bc3/website/content/docs/job-specification/hcl2/functions/crypto/md5.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: md5 - Functions - Configuration Language 4 sidebar_title: md5 5 description: |- 6 The md5 function computes the MD5 hash of a given string and encodes it 7 with hexadecimal digits. 8 --- 9 10 # `md5` Function 11 12 `md5` computes the MD5 hash of a given string and encodes it with 13 hexadecimal digits. 14 15 The given string is first encoded as UTF-8 and then the MD5 algorithm is applied 16 as defined in [RFC 1321](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1321). The raw hash is 17 then encoded to lowercase hexadecimal digits before returning. 18 19 Before using this function for anything security-sensitive, refer to 20 [RFC 6151](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6151) for updated security 21 considerations applying to the MD5 algorithm. 22 23 ## Examples 24 25 ```shell-session 26 > md5("hello world") 27 5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3 28 ```