hcp vault-secrets secrets create

Command: hcp vault-secrets secrets create

The hcp vault-secrets secrets create command creates a new static, rotating, or dynamic secret under a Vault Secrets application. The configuration for creating your rotating or dynamic secret will be read from the provided HCL config file. The following fields are required in the config file: [type integration_name details]. For help populating the details for a dynamic or rotating secret, please refer to the API reference documentation.

Usage

$ hcp vault-secrets secrets create NAME [Optional Flags]

Examples

Create a new static secret in the Vault Secrets application on your active profile:

$ hcp vault-secrets secrets create secret_1 --data-file=tmp/secrets1.txt

Create a new secret in a Vault Secrets application by piping the plaintext secret from a command output:

$ echo -n "my super secret" | hcp vault-secrets secrets create secret_2 --data-file=-

Create a new rotating secret on your active profile from a config file:

$ hcp vault-secrets secrets create secret_1 --secret-type=rotating
--data-file=path/to/file/config.hcl

Create a new dynamic secret interactively on your active profile:

$ hcp vault-secrets secrets create secret_1 --secret-type=dynamic

Positional arguments

• NAME - The name of the secret to create.

Flags

• --data-file=DATA_FILE_PATH - File path to read secret data from. Set this to '-' to read the secret data from stdin for a static secret.

• --secret-type=SECRET_TYPE - The type of secret to create: static, rotating, or dynamic.

Inherited Flags

• --app=NAME - The name of the Vault Secrets application. If not specified, the value from the active profile will be used.