Enable a disabled regional secret version

This page describes how to enable a disabled secret version so that you can access the version and the secret data that it contains.

Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to enable a disabled secret version, ask your administrator to grant you the Secret Manager Secret Version Manager (roles/secretmanager.secretVersionManager) IAM role on a secret. For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.

Enable a disabled secret version

To enable a disabled secret version, use one of the following methods:

Console

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

   Go to Secret Manager

2. On the Secret Manager page, click the Regional secrets tab, and then click a secret to access its versions.

3. On the secret details page, in the Versions tab, select the disabled secret version that you want to enable.

4. Click Actions, and then click Enable.

5. In the confirmation dialog that appears, click Enable selected versions.

gcloud

Before using any of the command data below, make the following replacements:

• VERSION_ID: the ID of the secret version
• SECRET_ID: the ID of the secret or fully qualified identifier for the secret
• LOCATION: the Google Cloud location of the secret

Execute the following command:

Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell

Note: Ensure you have initialized the Google Cloud CLI with authentication and a project by running either gcloud init; or gcloud auth login and gcloud config set project.

gcloud secrets versions enable VERSION_ID --secret=SECRET_ID --location=LOCATION

Windows (PowerShell)

Note: Ensure you have initialized the Google Cloud CLI with authentication and a project by running either gcloud init; or gcloud auth login and gcloud config set project.

gcloud secrets versions enable VERSION_ID --secret=SECRET_ID --location=LOCATION

Windows (cmd.exe)

Note: Ensure you have initialized the Google Cloud CLI with authentication and a project by running either gcloud init; or gcloud auth login and gcloud config set project.

gcloud secrets versions enable VERSION_ID --secret=SECRET_ID --location=LOCATION

REST

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

• LOCATION: the Google Cloud location of the secret
• PROJECT_ID: the Google Cloud project ID
• SECRET_ID: the ID of the secret or fully qualified identifier for the secret
• VERSION_ID: the ID of the secret version

HTTP method and URL:

POST https://secretmanager.LOCATION.rep.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID:enable

Request JSON body:

{}

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login , or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Save the request body in a file named request.json, and execute the following command:

curl -X POST \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
     -d @request.json \
     "https://secretmanager.LOCATION.rep.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID:enable"

PowerShell

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Save the request body in a file named request.json, and execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
    -Method POST `
    -Headers $headers `
    -ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
    -InFile request.json `
    -Uri "https://secretmanager.LOCATION.rep.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID:enable" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/secrets/SECRET_ID/versions/VERSION_ID",
  "createTime": "2024-09-02T07:16:34.566706Z",
  "state": "ENABLED",
  "etag": "\"16214547e7583e\""
}

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"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1/secretmanagerpb"
	"google.golang.org/api/option"
)

// enableSecretVersion enables the given secret version, enabling it to be
// accessed after previously being disabled. Other secrets versions are
// unaffected.
func EnableRegionalSecretVersion(projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/locations/my-location/secrets/my-secret/versions/5"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	//Endpoint to send the request to regional server
	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("secretmanager.%s.rep.googleapis.com:443", locationId)
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx, option.WithEndpoint(endpoint))

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create regional secretmanager client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	name := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/secrets/%s/versions/%s", projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId)
	// Build the request.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.EnableSecretVersionRequest{
		Name: name,
	}

	// Call the API.
	if _, err := client.EnableSecretVersion(ctx, req); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to enable regional secret version: %w", err)
	}
	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.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceSettings;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersion;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersionName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class EnableRegionalSecretVersion {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.

    // Your GCP project ID.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    // Location of the secret.
    String locationId = "your-location-id";
    // Resource ID of the secret.
    String secretId = "your-secret-id";
    // Version of the Secret ID you want to enable.
    String versionId = "your-version-id";
    enableRegionalSecretVersion(projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId);
  }

  // Enable an existing secret version.
  public static SecretVersion enableRegionalSecretVersion(
      String projectId, String locationId, String secretId, String versionId)
      throws IOException {

    // Endpoint to call the regional secret manager sever
    String apiEndpoint = String.format("secretmanager.%s.rep.googleapis.com:443", locationId);
    SecretManagerServiceSettings secretManagerServiceSettings =
        SecretManagerServiceSettings.newBuilder().setEndpoint(apiEndpoint).build();

    // Initialize the client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be
    // created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (SecretManagerServiceClient client = 
        SecretManagerServiceClient.create(secretManagerServiceSettings)) {
      // Build the name from the version.
      SecretVersionName secretVersionName =
          SecretVersionName.ofProjectLocationSecretSecretVersionName(
          projectId, locationId, secretId, versionId);

      // Enable the secret version.
      SecretVersion version = client.enableSecretVersion(secretVersionName);
      System.out.printf("Enabled regional secret version %s\n", version.getName());

      return version;
    }
  }
}

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 projectId = 'my-project';
// const locationId = 'my-location';
// const secretId = 'my-secret';
// const version = 'my-version';

const name = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${locationId}/secrets/${secretId}/versions/${version}`;

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

// Adding the endpoint to call the regional secret manager sever
const options = {};
options.apiEndpoint = `secretmanager.${locationId}.rep.googleapis.com`;

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

async function enableRegionalSecretVersion() {
  const [version] = await client.enableSecretVersion({
    name: name,
  });

  console.info(`Enabled ${version.name}`);
}

enableRegionalSecretVersion();

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.

# Import the Secret Manager client library.
from google.cloud import secretmanager_v1


def enable_regional_secret_version(
    project_id: str,
    location_id: str,
    secret_id: str,
    version_id: str,
) -> secretmanager_v1.EnableSecretVersionRequest:
    """
    Enables the given secret version, enabling it to be accessed after
    previously being disabled. Other secrets versions are unaffected.
    """

    # Endpoint to call the regional secret manager sever.
    api_endpoint = f"secretmanager.{location_id}.rep.googleapis.com"

    # Create the Secret Manager client.
    client = secretmanager_v1.SecretManagerServiceClient(
        client_options={"api_endpoint": api_endpoint},
    )

    # Build the resource name of the secret version.
    name = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{location_id}/secrets/{secret_id}/versions/{version_id}"

    # Disable the secret version.
    response = client.enable_secret_version(request={"name": name})

    print(f"Enabled secret version: {response.name}")

    return response

What's next

• Destroy a regional secret version
• List regional secret versions and view the version details