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command: docker pass set
short: Set a secret
long: |-
Stores a secret in the local OS keychain. The secret value can be provided inline (`NAME=VALUE`) or piped via STDIN.
Behavior when a secret with the same id already exists is platform-dependent:
- macOS (Keychain): the command fails with a duplicate-item error.
- Linux (Secret Service) and Windows (Credential Manager): the existing
value is silently overwritten.
Pass `--force` to overwrite an existing secret. On Linux and Windows the
replacement is performed atomically. On macOS the Keychain API requires
a delete-then-add sequence.
usage: docker pass set id[=value] [flags]
pname: docker pass
plink: docker_pass.yaml
options:
- option: force
shorthand: f
value_type: bool
default_value: "false"
description: Overwrite existing secret if it already exists
deprecated: false
hidden: false
experimental: false
experimentalcli: false
kubernetes: false
swarm: false
- option: metadata
value_type: stringArray
default_value: '[]'
description: Non-sensitive key=value metadata (repeatable)
deprecated: false
hidden: false
experimental: false
experimentalcli: false
kubernetes: false
swarm: false
deprecated: false
hidden: false
experimental: false
experimentalcli: false
kubernetes: false
swarm: false
examples: |-
### Set a secret:
```console
$ docker pass set POSTGRES_PASSWORD=my-secret-password
```
### Or pass the secret via STDIN:
```console
$ echo my-secret-password > pwd.txt
$ cat pwd.txt | docker pass set POSTGRES_PASSWORD
```
### Set a secret with metadata:
```console
$ docker pass set POSTGRES_PASSWORD=my-secret-password --metadata owner=alice --metadata expiry=2027-03-01
```
### Or pass a JSON payload with secret and metadata via STDIN:
```console
$ echo '{"secret":"my-secret-password","metadata":{"owner":"alice"}}' | docker pass set POSTGRES_PASSWORD
```
### Overwrite an existing secret:
```console
$ docker pass set POSTGRES_PASSWORD=new-secret-password --force
```