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2.293. openstack secret store

usage: openstack secret store [-h] [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                              [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent]
                              [--prefix PREFIX] [--name NAME]
                              [--payload PAYLOAD] [--secret-type SECRET_TYPE]
                              [--payload-content-type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE]
                              [--payload-content-encoding PAYLOAD_CONTENT_ENCODING]
                              [--algorithm ALGORITHM]
                              [--bit-length BIT_LENGTH] [--mode MODE]
                              [--expiration EXPIRATION]
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Store a secret in Barbican.

Optional arguments

-h, --help


        show this help message and exit

--name NAME, -n NAME


        a human-friendly name.

--payload PAYLOAD, -p PAYLOAD


      the unencrypted secret; if provided, you must also
      provide a payload_content_type

--secret-type SECRET_TYPE, -s SECRET_TYPE


      the secret type; must be one of symmetric, public,
      private, certificate, passphrase, opaque (default)

--payload-content-type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE, -t PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE


      the type/format of the provided secret data;
      "text/plain" is assumed to be UTF-8; required when
      --payload is supplied.

--payload-content-encoding PAYLOAD_CONTENT_ENCODING, -e PAYLOAD_CONTENT_ENCODING


      required if --payload-content-type is "application
      /octet-stream".

--algorithm ALGORITHM, -a ALGORITHM


      the algorithm (default: aes).

--bit-length BIT_LENGTH, -b BIT_LENGTH


      the bit length (default: 256).

--mode MODE, -m MODE


        the algorithm mode; used only for reference (default:
      cbc)

--expiration EXPIRATION, -x EXPIRATION


      the expiration time for the secret in ISO 8601 format.

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