github.com/hanks177/podman/v4@v4.1.3-0.20220613032544-16d90015bc83/docs/source/markdown/podman-secret-create.1.md (about) 1 % podman-secret-create(1) 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman\-secret\-create - Create a new secret 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman secret create** [*options*] *name* *file|-* 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 11 Creates a secret using standard input or from a file for the secret content. 12 13 Create accepts a path to a file, or `-`, which tells podman to read the secret from stdin 14 15 A secret is a blob of sensitive data which a container needs at runtime but 16 should not be stored in the image or in source control, such as usernames and passwords, 17 TLS certificates and keys, SSH keys or other important generic strings or binary content (up to 500 kb in size). 18 19 Secrets will not be committed to an image with `podman commit`, and will not be in the archive created by a `podman export` 20 21 ## OPTIONS 22 23 #### **--driver**=*driver* 24 25 Specify the secret driver (default **file**, which is unencrypted). 26 27 #### **--driver-opts**=*key1=val1,key2=val2* 28 29 Specify driver specific options 30 31 #### **--env**=*false* 32 33 Read secret data from environment variable 34 35 #### **--help** 36 37 Print usage statement. 38 39 ## EXAMPLES 40 41 ``` 42 $ podman secret create my_secret ./secret.json 43 $ podman secret create --driver=file my_secret ./secret.json 44 $ printf <secret> | podman secret create my_secret - 45 ``` 46 47 ## SEE ALSO 48 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-secret(1)](podman-secret.1.md)** 49 50 ## HISTORY 51 January 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui <acui@redhat.com>