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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/secret.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/secret.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ff2c0ab83 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/secret.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +#### **--secret**=*secret[,opt=opt ...]* + +Give the container access to a secret. Can be specified multiple times. + +A secret is a blob of sensitive data which a container needs at runtime but +should not be stored in the image or in source control, such as usernames and passwords, +TLS certificates and keys, SSH keys or other important generic strings or binary content (up to 500 kb in size). + +When secrets are specified as type `mount`, the secrets are copied and mounted into the container when a container is created. +When secrets are specified as type `env`, the secret will be set as an environment variable within the container. +Secrets are written in the container at the time of container creation, and modifying the secret using `podman secret` commands +after the container is created will not affect the secret inside the container. + +Secrets and its storage are managed using the `podman secret` command. + +Secret Options + +- `type=mount|env` : How the secret will be exposed to the container. Default mount. +- `target=target` : Target of secret. Defaults to secret name. +- `uid=0` : UID of secret. Defaults to 0. Mount secret type only. +- `gid=0` : GID of secret. Defaults to 0. Mount secret type only. +- `mode=0` : Mode of secret. Defaults to 0444. Mount secret type only. |