Load secrets into templated files

Get your secret reference

Follow the guide in Read secrets references to learn how to get your secret reference.

It should look like this: dl://<secret_identifier>/<field>?<transformer>

Use secret references in your config file

In your template config file, use the secret reference as a placeholder for the value you want to inject.

The secret reference must be enclosed in double curly braces {{ }}.

For instance, let’s create a template config file for a fictive API:

api:
    url: https://api.example.com
    port: 443
    access_token: '{{ dl://<secret_identifier>/<field> }}'

Inject secrets into your config file

Use the dcli inject command to inject secrets into your config file.

dcli inject --in config.yaml.template --out config.yaml

In output file, the secret reference is replaced by the plaintext secret value.