podman-secret-inspect(1)

💖 podman-secret-inspect(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the podman-secret-inspect(1) glow-up page ✨ this is where you get the full tea on your secrets — like, all the details, not just the vibe.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

podman-secret-inspect — spill all the detailed info on one or more secrets 🫖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

podman secret inspect [options] secret [...]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So basically? You point this at a secret and it inspects it. That's it, that's the job. 👑

By default it renders all the results in a JSON array. But if you pass a format, then the given template gets executed for each result — one run per secret, no cap.

And here's the cute part: you can query secrets individually by giving their full name, or just a unique partial name. Short and sweet, bestie. 🎀

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🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

• --format, -f=format — formats the secret output using a Go template. Details below, keep scrolling 💖
• --help — prints the usage statement. the "help me help you" button 🙈
• --pretty — prints inspect output in a human-readable format. heads up: it ignores fields from --format. like, fully ignores them, don't even try it 💀
• --showsecret — displays the secret data 👀 (yes, the actual secret data)

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🍓 --format, -f=format — the placeholder menu 🍓

Format secret output using a Go template. Here's every placeholder you can use, fr fr:

• .CreatedAt ... — when the secret was created (relative timestamp, human-readable) ⏰
• .ID — ID of secret
• .SecretData — Secret Data (Displayed only with the --showsecret option) 🔐
• .Spec ... — details of secret
• .Spec.Driver ... — driver info
• .Spec.Driver.Name — driver name (string)
• .Spec.Driver.Options ... — driver options (map of driver-specific options)
• .Spec.Labels ... — labels for this secret
• .Spec.Name — name of secret
• .UpdatedAt ... — when the secret was last updated (relative timestamp, human-readable) ⏰

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💜 --help

Print usage statement. that's it. short queen. 💅

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🌈 --pretty

Print inspect output in human-readable format. Ignores fields from --format.

bestie, listen: if you use --pretty, your --format fields are getting ignored. the pretty flag said "not today" 😭

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👑 --showsecret

Display secret data. it's giving "yes I really do want to see it" energy. 🫶

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Inspect the secret mysecret.

$ podman secret inspect mysecret

Inspect the secret mysecret and print it in a human readable format instead of JSON, with the default fields.

$ podman secret inspect --pretty mysecret

Inspect the secret mysecret and display the Name and Labels field.

$ podman secret inspect --format "{{.Spec.Name}} {{.Spec.Labels}}" mysecret

Inspect the secret mysecret and display the Name and SecretData fields. Note this will display the secret data to the screen.

⚠️ okay this one is a big deal: this command literally prints your secret data onto your screen. main character behaviour, but be careful who's watching. 😳

$ podman secret inspect --showsecret --format "{{.Spec.Name}} {{.SecretData}}" mysecret

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

podman(1), podman-secret(1) — the whole friend group, go say hi 💖

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📜 HISTORY 📜

January 2021, originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩ — iconic behaviour, thank you Ashley 💐

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and that's the whole podman-secret-inspect(1) page, bestie!! ✨ from the January 2021 era of the podman-secret-inspect(1) manual, written by Ashley Cui — go forth and inspect your secrets responsibly, mwah 💋🦋💖