Edit a secret

This topic describes how to edit a secret's metadata. You can update many properties of a secret such as encryption type, rotation policy, expiration date, labels, and event notifications. You can also add annotations and set up aliases for secret versions. You can't edit the secret name or value and the replication policy. To add a new value to your secret, you must create a new secret version.

Important: To use Secret Manager with workloads running on Compute Engine or Google Kubernetes Engine, the underlying instance or node must have the cloud-platform OAuth scope. See accessing the Secret Manager API for more information.

Required roles

Updating a secret's metadata requires the Secret Manager Admin role (roles/secretmanager.admin) on the secret or the project.

Edit a secret

Console

1. Go to the Secret Manager page in the Google Cloud console.

   Go to the Secret Manager page

2. To edit a secret, use one of the following methods:

   • Click More actions associated with the secret that you want to edit, and then select Edit from the menu.

   • Click the secret name to go to the Secret details page.

   • On the Secret details page, click Edit secret.

3. On the Edit secret page, update the properties as needed, and then click Update secret.

gcloud

To use Secret Manager on the command line, first Install or upgrade to version 378.0.0 or higher of the Google Cloud CLI. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

$ gcloud secrets update secret-id \
    --update-labels=key=value

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Secret Manager C# SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;
using Google.Cloud.SecretManager.V1;

public class UpdateSecretSample
{
    public Secret UpdateSecret(string projectId = "my-project", string secretId = "my-secret")
    {
        // Create the client.
        SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the secret with updated fields.
        Secret secret = new Secret
        {
            SecretName = new SecretName(projectId, secretId),
        };
        secret.Labels["secretmanager"] = "rocks";

        // Build the field mask.
        FieldMask fieldMask = FieldMask.FromString("labels");

        // Call the API.
        Secret updatedSecret = client.UpdateSecret(secret, fieldMask);
        return updatedSecret;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Secret Manager Go SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1/secretmanagerpb"
	"google.golang.org/genproto/protobuf/field_mask"
)

// updateSecret updates the metadata about an existing secret.
func updateSecret(w io.Writer, name string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create secretmanager client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.UpdateSecretRequest{
		Secret: &secretmanagerpb.Secret{
			Name: name,
			Labels: map[string]string{
				"secretmanager": "rocks",
			},
		},
		UpdateMask: &field_mask.FieldMask{
			Paths: []string{"labels"},
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.UpdateSecret(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update secret: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Updated secret: %s\n", result.Name)
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Secret Manager Java SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.Secret;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretName;
import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
import com.google.protobuf.util.FieldMaskUtil;
import java.io.IOException;

public class UpdateSecret {

  public static void updateSecret() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String secretId = "your-secret-id";
    updateSecret(projectId, secretId);
  }

  // Update an existing secret.
  public static void updateSecret(String projectId, String secretId) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the name.
      SecretName secretName = SecretName.of(projectId, secretId);

      // Build the updated secret.
      Secret secret =
          Secret.newBuilder()
              .setName(secretName.toString())
              .putLabels("secretmanager", "rocks")
              .build();

      // Build the field mask.
      FieldMask fieldMask = FieldMaskUtil.fromString("labels");

      // Update the secret.
      Secret updatedSecret = client.updateSecret(secret, fieldMask);
      System.out.printf("Updated secret %s\n", updatedSecret.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Secret Manager Node.js SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const name = 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret';

// Imports the Secret Manager library
const {SecretManagerServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

async function updateSecret() {
  const [secret] = await client.updateSecret({
    secret: {
      name: name,
      labels: {
        secretmanager: 'rocks',
      },
    },
    updateMask: {
      paths: ['labels'],
    },
  });

  console.info(`Updated secret ${secret.name}`);
}

updateSecret();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Secret Manager PHP SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

// Import the Secret Manager client library.
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\Secret;
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\Client\SecretManagerServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\UpdateSecretRequest;
use Google\Protobuf\FieldMask;

/**
 * @param string $projectId Your Google Cloud Project ID (e.g. 'my-project')
 * @param string $secretId  Your secret ID (e.g. 'my-secret')
 */
function update_secret(string $projectId, string $secretId): void
{
    // Create the Secret Manager client.
    $client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

    // Build the resource name of the secret.
    $name = $client->secretName($projectId, $secretId);

    // Update the secret.
    $secret = (new Secret())
        ->setName($name)
        ->setLabels(['secretmanager' => 'rocks']);

    $updateMask = (new FieldMask())
        ->setPaths(['labels']);

    // Build the request.
    $request = UpdateSecretRequest::build($secret, $updateMask);

    $response = $client->updateSecret($request);

    // Print the upated secret.
    printf('Updated secret: %s', $response->getName());
}

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Secret Manager Python SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

def update_secret(project_id: str, secret_id: str) -> secretmanager.UpdateSecretRequest:
    """
    Update the metadata about an existing secret.
    """

    # Import the Secret Manager client library.
    from google.cloud import secretmanager

    # Create the Secret Manager client.
    client = secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient()

    # Build the resource name of the secret.
    name = client.secret_path(project_id, secret_id)

    # Update the secret.
    secret = {"name": name, "labels": {"secretmanager": "rocks"}}
    update_mask = {"paths": ["labels"]}
    response = client.update_secret(
        request={"secret": secret, "update_mask": update_mask}
    )

    # Print the new secret name.
    print(f"Updated secret: {response.name}")

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Secret Manager Ruby SDK. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

# project_id = "YOUR-GOOGLE-CLOUD-PROJECT"  # (e.g. "my-project")
# secret_id  = "YOUR-SECRET-ID"             # (e.g. "my-secret")

# Require the Secret Manager client library.
require "google/cloud/secret_manager"

# Create a Secret Manager client.
client = Google::Cloud::SecretManager.secret_manager_service

# Build the resource name of the secret.
name = client.secret_path project: project_id, secret: secret_id

# Create the secret.
secret = client.update_secret(
  secret: {
    name: name,
    labels: {
      secretmanager: "rocks"
    }
  },
  update_mask: {
    paths: ["labels"]
  }
)

# Print the updated secret name.
puts "Updated secret: #{secret.name}"

API

These examples use curl to demonstrate using the API. You can generate access tokens with gcloud auth print-access-token. On Compute Engine or GKE, you must authenticate with the cloud-platform scope.

$ curl "https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/secrets/secret-id?updateMask=labels" \
    --request "PATCH" \
    --header "authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    --data "{'labels': {'key': 'value'}}"

Edit permissions and labels for multiple secrets

1. Go to the Secret Manager page in the Google Cloud console.

   Go to Secret Manager

2. On the Secret Manager page, click the checkbox next to the name of the secret.

3. If the Info Panel is closed, click Show Info Panel to display it.

4. In the Info Panel, select the Labels tab.

5. Click Add label and enter a key and value for the label.

6. Click Save.

What's next

• Learn how to manage access to secrets.
• Learn how to set up rotation schedules for secrets.
• Learn how to set up notifications on a secret.
• Learn how to enable Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) for Secret Manager.