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- NAME
- gcloud beta secrets versions access - access a secret version's data
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta secrets versions access(VERSION:--secret=SECRET)[--location=LOCATION][--out-file=OUT-FILE-PATH][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(BETA)Access the data for the specified secret version.- EXAMPLES
- Access the data for version 123 of the secret 'my-secret':
gcloudbetasecretsversionsaccess123--secret=my-secretNote: The output will be formatted as UTF-8 which can corrupt binary secrets.
To write raw bytes to a file use --out-file flag:
gcloudbetasecretsversionsaccess123--secret=my-secret--out-file=/tmp/secretTo get the raw bytes, have Google Cloud CLI print the response as base64-encodedand decode:
gcloudbetasecretsversionsaccess123--secret=my-secret--format='get(payload.data)'|tr'_-''/+'|base64-d - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Version resource - Numeric secret version to access or a configured alias(including 'latest' to use the latest version). The arguments in this group canbe used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes arenot given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
VERSIONon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
VERSION- ID of the version or fully qualified identifier for the version.
To set the
versionattribute:- provide the argument
VERSIONon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.
- provide the argument
--secret=SECRET- The secret of the version.
To set the
secretattribute:- provide the argument
VERSIONon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--secreton the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Version resource - Numeric secret version to access or a configured alias(including 'latest' to use the latest version). The arguments in this group canbe used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes arenot given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- FLAGS
- Location resource - The location to access secret. This represents a Cloudresource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but canbe set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
--locationon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
- provide the argument
--location=LOCATION- ID of the location or fully qualified identifier for the location.
To set the
locationattribute:- provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
- provide the argument
--out-file=OUT-FILE-PATH- File path to which secret data is written. If this flag is not provided secretdata will be written to stdout in UTF-8 format.
- Location resource - The location to access secret. This represents a Cloudresource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but canbe set in other ways.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. This variantis also available:
gcloudsecretsversionsaccess
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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.