nomad var command reference

The var command is used to interact with Nomad variables.

Usage

Usage: nomad var <subcommand> [options] [args]

Run nomad var <subcommand> -h for help on that subcommand. The following subcommands are available:

var init - Create a variable specification file
var list - List variables the user has access to
var get - Retrieve a variable
var put - Insert or update a variable
var purge - Permanently delete a variable
var lock - Acquire a lock over a variable

Examples

Create or update the variable stored at the path "secret/creds", which contains an item named passcode with the value my-long-passcode.

$ nomad var put -out=table secret/creds passcode=my-long-passcode
Successfully created variable "secret/creds"!

Namespace   = default
Path        = secret/creds
Create Time = 2022-08-23T11:14:37-04:00
Check Index = 116

Items
passcode = my-long-passcode

Update a value:

$ nomad var get secret/creds | nomad var put -in=json -out=table -v - user=dba
Reading whole JSON variable specification from stdin
Successfully updated variable "secret/creds"!

Namespace   = default
Path        = secret/creds
Create Time = 2022-08-23T11:14:37-04:00
Check Index = 116

Items
passcode = my-long-passcode
user     = dba