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secrethub:tldr:525bb
The command secrethub read ${path-to-secret}
is used in the SecretHub CLI to read the value of a secret stored in the SecretHub Vault.
Here is an explanation of each component of the command:
-
secrethub
: This is the command-line interface (CLI) tool provided by SecretHub. It is installed on your computer and used to interact with the SecretHub service. -
read
: This is the command you want to execute with the CLI. Theread
command is used to retrieve the value of a secret. -
${path-to-secret}
: This is a placeholder representing the path of the secret you want to read. In SecretHub, secrets are organized as paths similar to file systems. For example,secrethub read my-org/my-repo/db/password
reads the secret value stored at the pathmy-org/my-repo/db/password
.
When you run the secrethub read
command with the appropriate secrets path, it will contact the SecretHub service using your credentials, retrieve the value of the secret, and then display the value on the console.