github.com/kaisenlinux/docker.io@v0.0.0-20230510090727-ea55db55fac7/cli/docs/reference/commandline/secret_create.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "secret create" 3 description: "The secret create command description and usage" 4 keywords: ["secret, create"] 5 --- 6 7 # secret create 8 9 ```Markdown 10 Usage: docker secret create [OPTIONS] SECRET [file|-] 11 12 Create a secret from a file or STDIN as content 13 14 Options: 15 -l, --label list Secret labels 16 --template-driver string Template driver 17 ``` 18 19 ## Description 20 21 Creates a secret using standard input or from a file for the secret content. 22 23 For detailed information about using secrets, refer to [manage sensitive data with Docker secrets](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/secrets/). 24 25 > **Note** 26 > 27 > This is a cluster management command, and must be executed on a swarm 28 > manager node. To learn about managers and workers, refer to the 29 > [Swarm mode section](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) in the 30 > documentation. 31 32 ## Examples 33 34 ### Create a secret 35 36 ```console 37 $ printf "my super secret password" | docker secret create my_secret - 38 39 onakdyv307se2tl7nl20anokv 40 41 $ docker secret ls 42 43 ID NAME CREATED UPDATED 44 onakdyv307se2tl7nl20anokv my_secret 6 seconds ago 6 seconds ago 45 ``` 46 47 ### Create a secret with a file 48 49 ```console 50 $ docker secret create my_secret ./secret.json 51 52 dg426haahpi5ezmkkj5kyl3sn 53 54 $ docker secret ls 55 56 ID NAME CREATED UPDATED 57 dg426haahpi5ezmkkj5kyl3sn my_secret 7 seconds ago 7 seconds ago 58 ``` 59 60 ### <a name="label"></a> Create a secret with labels (--label) 61 62 ```console 63 $ docker secret create \ 64 --label env=dev \ 65 --label rev=20170324 \ 66 my_secret ./secret.json 67 68 eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97 69 ``` 70 71 ```console 72 $ docker secret inspect my_secret 73 74 [ 75 { 76 "ID": "eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97", 77 "Version": { 78 "Index": 17 79 }, 80 "CreatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z", 81 "UpdatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z", 82 "Spec": { 83 "Name": "my_secret", 84 "Labels": { 85 "env": "dev", 86 "rev": "20170324" 87 } 88 } 89 } 90 ] 91 ``` 92 93 94 ## Related commands 95 96 * [secret inspect](secret_inspect.md) 97 * [secret ls](secret_ls.md) 98 * [secret rm](secret_rm.md)