--- title: How to Keep Docker Secrets Secure: Complete Guide description: Secret values such as API keys, passwords, and certificates need to be safely handled throughout the software development process and your app’s runtime. If an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-keep-docker-secrets-secure-complete-guide-ni2tv0tc0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Keep Docker Secrets Secure: Complete Guide | daily.dev og:description: Secret values such as API keys, passwords, and certificates need to be safely handled throughout the software development process and your app’s runtime. If an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-keep-docker-secrets-secure-complete-guide-ni2tv0tc0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nI2TV0tC0.png og:image:alt: How to Keep Docker Secrets Secure: Complete Guide og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Keep Docker Secrets Secure: Complete Guide **[Spacelift](https://daily.dev/sources/spacelift)** · [@lonyless](https://daily.dev/lonyless) · 1 min read · 22 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Secret values such as API keys, passwords, and certificates need to be safely handled throughout the software development process and your app’s runtime. If an attacker would find a value useful, it needs to be treated as a secret. Using secrets in Docker using secrets with Docker Compose and Docker Swarm can securely handle secrets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-keep-docker-secrets-secure-complete-guide-ni2tv0tc0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Keep Docker Secrets Secure: Complete Guide","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-keep-docker-secrets-secure-complete-guide-ni2tv0tc0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-keep-docker-secrets-secure-complete-guide-ni2tv0tc0"},"datePublished":"2023-05-26T16:54:42.007Z","dateModified":"2023-07-20T14:15:11.734Z","description":"Secret values such as API keys, passwords, and certificates need to be safely handled throughout the software development process and your app’s runtime. If an...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6e5ccdcb94bdd563b78ab6d94bd2fc0f?_a=AQADKdt","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6e5ccdcb94bdd563b78ab6d94bd2fc0f?_a=AQADKdt","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Spacelift","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Batista","url":"https://daily.dev/lonyless","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48859696?v=4","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":2340}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-keep-docker-secrets-secure-complete-guide-ni2tv0tc0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":22},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"docker,containers,mysql","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spacelift","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/spacelift"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Keep Docker Secrets Secure: Complete Guide"}]} ```