How to manage a secret with Secret Manager Reviewed on 12 February 2024 • Published on 21 February 2023
The process of managing a secret might differ depending on whether your secret is ephemeral or not.
Find out how to copy the ID of your secret , how to update its description and tags, how to enable secret protection on it, and how to update its ephemeral policy using the Scaleway console .
To complete the actions presented below, you must have:
Manage a non ephemeral secret Manage an ephemeral secret
Click Secret Manager in the Security and Identity section of the Scaleway console side menu.
Select the region , in the Region drop-down.
Access the secret you wish to manage. The secret’s Overview tab displays.
Click the copy icon next to Secret’s ID to copy the ID of your secret.
Add a description under the Description section and save it.
Click «Toogle Icon» Toogle Secret protection section to enable or disable secret protection .
Click the Tags bar and add tags to organize your secret.
Click Secret Manager in the Security and Identity section of the Scaleway console side menu.
Select the region , in the Region drop-down.
Access the secret you wish to manage. The secret’s Overview tab displays.
Click the copy icon next to Secret’s ID to copy the ID of your secret.
Add a description under the Description section and save it.
Click «Toogle Icon» Toogle Secret protection section to enable or disable secret protection .
Edit the ephemeral policy as you wish and click Save .
Important Updating a secret’s ephemeral policy impacts the secret’s disabled versions when you enable them again: if you have created a version with the previous ephemeral policy’s settings, disabled the version, and updated the ephemeral policy, the version will inherit its settings from those of the current policy when you enable it again.