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Manage Credentials

You can execute these steps from the command-line and the web application: https://use.runops.io

You can add configs to a Connection in two ways: when creating the Connection, or updating it after it's created

Create a Connection with configs​

Use the config flag in the CLI when creating the Connection. Provide a JSON with the configs keys and values. The config name must follow the names defined for the connections list for them to become available in the execution.

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We keep these secrets in a secure vault service. Our Secrets Manager system follow all the best practices. However, you also have the option to self-host this part so Runops systems never touch them, check out Agent Secrets if you need.

runops targets create \
--name 'my-target-with-configs' \
--type 'postgres' \
--config '{"PG_HOST":"127.0.0.1","PG_USER":"abc","PG_PASS":"123","PG_DB": "test"}'

Update or add configs to a Connections​

The Runops CLI update command always adds the new values and only updates if they already exist. Adding configs to a Connection is exactly like creating a target with a config. You use the config flag. Runops creates the new values, and update existing ones.

runops targets update \
--name 'my-target-with-configs' \
--config '{"PG_HOST":"127.0.0.1","PG_USER":"abc","PG_PASS":"123"}'

Test your Connection​

Now that you added credentials to your Connection you can use it to access the resource you want. Let's create a Task using the Connection we just configured. Note that we used postgres as the type, so we'll provide a SQL query in the script:

runops tasks create \
-t 'my-target-with-configs' \
-s 'select 1'

You have just learned the basics of Runops and ran your first script.