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infisical secrets
Perform CRUD operations with Infisical secrets
infisical secrets
Description
This command enables you to perform CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations on secrets within your Infisical project. With it, you can view, create, update, and delete secrets in your environment.
Sub-commands
Use this command to print out all of the secrets in your project
$ infisical secrets
Environment variables
Used to fetch secrets via a machine identity apposed to logged in credentials. Simply, export this variable in the terminal before running this command.
# Example
export INFISICAL_TOKEN=$(infisical login --method=universal-auth --client-id=<identity-client-id> --client-secret=<identity-client-secret> --silent --plain) # --plain flag will output only the token, so it can be fed to an environment variable. --silent will disable any update messages.
Alternatively, you may use service tokens.
# Example
export INFISICAL_TOKEN=<service-token>
Used to disable the check for new CLI versions. This can improve the time it takes to run this command. Recommended for production environments.
To use, simply export this variable in the terminal before running this command.
# Example
export INFISICAL_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK=true
Flags
Parse shell parameter expansions in your secrets
Default value: true
The project ID to fetch secrets from. This is required when using a machine identity to authenticate.
# Example
infisical secrets --projectId=<project-id>
Used to select the environment name on which actions should be taken on
Default value: dev
The --path flag indicates which project folder secrets will be injected from.
# Example
infisical secrets --path="/" --env=dev
The --plain flag will output all your secret values without formatting, one per line.
# Example
infisical secrets --plain --silent
The --silent flag disables output of tip/info messages. Useful when running in scripts or CI/CD pipelines.
# Example
infisical secrets --silent
Can be used inline to replace INFISICAL_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK
This command allows you selectively print the requested secrets by name
$ infisical secrets get <secret-name-a> <secret-name-b> ...
# Example
$ infisical secrets get DOMAIN
$ infisical secrets get DOMAIN PORT
Flags
Used to select the environment name on which actions should be taken on
Default value: dev
The --plain flag will output all your requested secret values without formatting, one per line.
Default value: false
# Example
infisical secrets get FOO --plain
infisical secrets get FOO BAR --plain
# Fetch a single value and assign it to a variable
API_KEY=$(infisical secrets get FOO --plain --silent)
When running in CI/CD environments or in a script, set INFISICAL_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK=true or add the --silent flag. This will help hide any CLI info/debug output and only show the secret value.
The --silent flag disables output of tip/info messages. Useful when running in scripts or CI/CD pipelines.
# Example
infisical secrets get FOO --plain --silent
Can be used inline to replace INFISICAL_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK
Use --plain instead, as it supports single and multiple secrets.
Used to print the plain value of a single requested secret without any table style.
Default value: false
Example: infisical secrets get DOMAIN --raw-value
When running in CI/CD environments or in a script, set INFISICAL_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK=true or add the --silent flag. This will help hide any CLI info/debug output and only show the secret value.
This command allows you to set or update secrets in your environment. If the secret key provided already exists, its value will be updated with the new value. If the secret key does not exist, a new secret will be created using both the key and value provided.
$ infisical secrets set <key1=value1> <key2=value2> <key3=@/path/to/file>...
## Example
$ infisical secrets set STRIPE_API_KEY=sjdgwkeudyjwe DOMAIN=example.com HASH=jebhfbwe SECRET_PEM_KEY=@secret.pem
When setting secret values:
- Use
secretName=@path/to/fileto load the secret value from a file - Use
secretName=\@valueif you need the literal ’@’ character at the beginning of your value
Example:
# Set a secret with the value loaded from a certificate file
$ secrets set CERTIFICATE=@/path/to/certificate.pem
# Set a secret with the literal value "@example.com"
$ secrets set email="\@example.com"
Flags
Used to select the environment name on which actions should be taken on
Default value: dev
Used to select the project folder in which the secrets will be set. This is useful when creating new secrets under a particular path.
# Example
infisical secrets set DOMAIN=example.com --path="common/backend"
Used to select the type of secret to create. This could be either personal or shared (defaults to shared)
# Example
infisical secrets set DOMAIN=example.com --type=personal
Used to set secrets from a file, supporting both .env and YAML formats. The file path can be either absolute or relative to the current working directory.
The file should contain secrets in the following formats:
key=valuefor.envfileskey: valuefor YAML files
Comments can be written using # comment or // comment. Empty lines will be ignored during processing.
# Example
infisical secrets set --file="./.env"
This command allows you to delete secrets by their name(s).
$ infisical secrets delete <keyName1> <keyName2>...
## Example
$ infisical secrets delete STRIPE_API_KEY DOMAIN HASH
Flags
Used to select the environment name on which actions should be taken on
Default value: dev
The --path flag indicates which project folder secrets will be injected from.
# Example
infisical secrets delete <keyName1> <keyName2>... --path="/"
This command allows you to fetch, create and delete folders from within a path from a given project.
$ infisical secrets folders
sub commands
Used to fetch all folders within a path in a given project
infisical secrets folders get --path=/some/path/to/folder
Flags
The path from where folders should be fetched from
Default value: /
Fetch folders using a machine identity access token.
Default value: “
Used to create a folder by name within a path.
infisical secrets folders create --path=/some/path/to/folder --name=folder-name
Flags
Path to where the folder should be created
Default value: /
Name of the folder to be created in selected --path
Default value: “
Used to delete a folder by name within a path.
infisical secrets folders delete --path=/some/path/to/folder --name=folder-name
Flags
Path to where the folder should be created
Default value: /
Name of the folder to be deleted within selected --path
Default value: “
This command allows you to generate an example .env file from your secrets and with their associated comments and tags. This is useful when you would like to let others who work on the project but do not use Infisical become aware of the required environment variables and their intended values.
To place default values in your example .env file, you can simply include the syntax DEFAULT:<value> within your secret’s comment in Infisical. This will result in the specified value being extracted and utilized as the default.
$ infisical secrets generate-example-env
## Example
$ infisical secrets generate-example-env > .example-env
Flags
Used to select the environment name on which actions should be taken on
Default value: dev
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