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Secrets Manager CLI change log

Secrets Manager CLI change log

In this change log, you can learn about the latest changes, improvements, and updates for the IBM Cloud® Secrets Manager CLI plug-in (ibmcloud secrets-manager). The change log lists changes that have been made, ordered by the date they were released. Changes to existing CLI versions are designed to be compatible with existing client applications.

To learn about general updates and improvements to the Secrets Manager service, see Release notes.

Version 2.0.9

Version 2.0.9 was released on 8 October 2024. This release includes the following updates:

  • A new configuration action_type, private_cert_configuration_action_rotate_intermediate, is now available to enable rotation of an intermediate CA's certificate. Learn more about rotating an intermediate CA.

Version 2.0.8

Version 2.0.8 was released on 23 September 2024. This release includes the following updates:

  • The IAM credentials engine can now be configured with IAM service authorization instead of an IAM API key.
  • IAM credentials secrets can be created and managed also from other IBM Cloud accounts.

Version 2.0.7

Version 2.0.7 was released on 9 August 2024. This release includes the following updates:

  • The expiration_date field is now included in the response when getting a secret's version using the ibmcloud secrets-manager secret-version command.

Version 2.0.6

Version 2.0.6 was released on 5 August 2024. This release includes the following updates:

  • Use the --secret-types flag in ibmcloud secrets-manager configurations to list configurations for a specific engine. Supported values are: iam_credentials, public_cert, and private_cert.
  • Use --labels "[]" to remove all labels from a secret.
  • Use --expiration-date null to remove an expiration date from a secret.
  • New flag --private-cert-crypto-key in configuration-create to provide your own HSM for private certificate.

Version 2.0.5

Version 2.0.5 was released on 12 March 2024. This release includes the following updates:

  • Support for new List secrets parameters, secret_types and match_all_labels.

Version 2.0.4

Version 2.0.4 was released on 7 February 2024. This release includes the following updates:

  • Support for random password generation in User credentials. The User credentials secret type now supports generating a random password on secret creation. In addition you can control the password's length, and whether to include numbers, symbols and upper-case letters. To learn more, see Storing user credentials.

Version 2.0.3

Version 2.0.3 was released on 13 December 2023. This release includes the following updates:

  • Support for Service credentials secret type. Learn more.
  • Strings updates
  • Command name changes:
    • --private-cert-alt-names changes to --certificate-alt-names (applicable for public_cert and private_cert secret types)
    • --private-cert-common-name changes to --certificate-common-name (applicable for public_cert and private_cert secret types)
    • --iam-credentials-ttl changes to --secret-ttl (applicable for iam_credentials and service_credentials secret types)

Version 2.0.2

Version 2.0.2 was released on 20 September 2023. This release includes the following updates:

  • Added a new command to get a secret value by name instead of by ID.
  • Added a new way to create secrets, groups, and engine configurations by using flags as an input instead of a JSON object.

Version 2.0.1

Version 2.0.1 was released on 19 April 2023. In this release, the CLI was updated to address an error that Windows users faced when they attempted to install the plug-in.

Version 2.0.0

Version 2.0.0 was released on 17 April 2023. All of the commands have been updated in this release. For more information, review the CLI reference.