podman-secret-inspect(1) General Commands Manual podman-secret-inspect(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-secret-inspect - Display detailed information on one or more secrets

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman secret inspect** \[*options*] *secret* \[...]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Inspects the specified secret.

By default, this renders all results in a JSON array. If a format is specified, the given template is executed for each result. Secrets can be queried individually by providing their full name or a unique partial name.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

## **--format**, **-f**=*format*

Format secret output using Go template.

**Placeholder** **Description** .CreatedAt ... When secret was created (relative timestamp, human-readable) .ID ID of secret .SecretData Secret Data (Displayed only with --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 secret was last updated (relative timestamp, human-readable)

## **--help**

Print usage statement.

## **--pretty**

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

## **--showsecret**

Display secret data

# [EXAMPLES](#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.

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

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/os/podman/podman.1), [**podman-secret(1)**](/man/os/podman/podman-secret.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

January 2021, Originally compiled by Ashley Cui acui@redhat.com ⟨mailto:acui@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-secret-inspect(1) from podman 6.0.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)