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 2.0.5

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.

As of April 17, 2023, the IBM Cloud® Secrets Manager CLI v1 has been deprecated in favor of v2. If you're still actively working with the Secrets Manager CLI v1, please be sure to start your upgrade as soon as possible. On 31 October 2023, support for the Secrets Manager CLI v1 will be removed.

Version 0.1.23

Version 0.1.23 was released on 19 September 2022. This release includes the following update:

Added the validate_dns_challenge field to the ibmcloud secrets-manager secret-update command to validate challenges for public certificates that are ordered with a manual dns provider.

Version 0.1.22

Version 0.1.22 was released on 12 September 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Added the update the version metadata of a secret command to store custom metadata that is relevant to the needs of your organization.
Added the version_custom_metadata and custom_metadata options to the create a secret, update a secret, update a secret version, and update the metadata of a secret.

Version 0.1.21

Version 0.1.21 was released on 27 July 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Fixed an issue where the Get secret command returns empty if labels are present.

Version 0.1.20

Version 0.1.20 was released on 10 July 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Added the locks, secret-lock, secret-unlock, secret-version-locks, secret-version-lock, secret-version-unlock, and all-locks commands.

Version 0.1.19

Version 0.1.19 was released on 16 May 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Changed the secret and secret-version commands to output the secret value when using the default --output table format.
Fixed an issue where the default secret group was listed as None. If a secret belongs to the default secret group, the CLI output now displays Default.

Version 0.1.18

Version 0.1.18 was released on 25 April 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Added support for the private_cert secret type.
Added the secret-version-update and config-element-actionå commands.
Added ARM64 builds for Apple silicon (M1) and Linux.

Version 0.1.17

Version 0.1.17 was released on 21 March 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Improved formatting of the table output.

Version 0.1.16

Version 0.1.16 was released on 9 March 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Added the notifications-registration-create, notifications-registration, notifications-registration-delete, and notifications-test commands.
Updated translations.

Version 0.1.15

Version 0.1.15 was released on 16 February 2022. This release includes the following updates:

Added support for the kv secret type.
Added support for IBM Z (s390x platform).
Fixed an issue with error messages not displaying properly in responses.
Updated command descriptions and translations.

Version 0.1.14

Version 0.1.14 was released on 6 December 2021. This release includes the following updates:

Added options for setting the SECRETS_MANAGER_URL. You can now either define your Secrets Manager service endpoint URL once by setting an environment variable (for example export SECRETS_MANAGER_URL), or you can override the value on the command-level by using the --service-url INSTANCE flag.
Added support for using the Secrets Manager CLI plug-in to interact with a service instance over a private network connection.
Fixed an issue in the config-update command for IAM credential secrets.
Updated command descriptions.

Version 0.1.12

Version 0.1.12 was released on 20 September 2021. This release includes the following updates:

Added support for the public_cert secret type.
Added the config-element-create, config-elements, config-element, config-element-update, and config-element-delete commands. Currently, these commands support adding configurations for public_cert secrets only.
Updated the secret-version and secret-version-metadata commands. These commands now support pubilc_cert and imported_cert secrets.

Version 0.0.11

Version 0.0.11 was released on 23 June 2021. This release includes the following updates:

Added support for the imported_cert secret type.
Added the secret-version and secret-version-metadata commands. Currently, these commands support imported_cert secrets only.
Changed the --engine-config-one-of flag in the config-update command to --engine-config.

Version 0.0.10

Version 0.0.10 was released on 23 April 2021. This release includes the following updates:

Changed the --secret-action-one-of flag in the secret-update command to --body.
Added --groups flag to the all-secrets command.

Version 0.0.8

Version 0.0.8 was released on 23 March 2021. This release includes the following updates:

Removed --metadata flags from the secret-create, secret-metadata-update, secret-group-create, and secret-group-metadata-update commands.
Added --search and --sort-by flags to the all-secrets command.
Changed the environment variable for targeting a Secrets Manager instance to SECRETS_MANAGER_URL. For more information about targeting an instance by using the CLI, see the CLI reference.

Version 0.0.6

Version 0.0.6 was released on 14 December 2020. This release includes the following updates:

Plug-in now available for download. To use this plug-in version, target your Secrets Manager instance by setting the IBM_CLOUD_SECRETS_MANAGER_API_URL environment variable. For more information about targeting an instance by using the CLI, see the CLI reference.