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Create Your First Encrypted Vault

Follow this tutorial to save your first encrypted CLI command recipe.

1. Initialize Vault:

Run the setup command to configure your master credentials and directory paths:

$ cmdvault init

Save an Environment Variable Placeholder

Add a deployment recipe containing the secret {{DATABASE_PASSWORD}}:

$ cmdvault add --name "database-backup" --secure --command "pg_dump -U postgres -h localhost -W {{DATABASE_PASSWORD}} prod_db > backup.sql"

Execute the Encrypted Recipe

Run the backup task. CmdVault will prompt you securely for the password and execute the underlying command instantly:

$ cmdvault run database-backup