ALTER SECRET¶

Syntax¶

OAuth with client credentials flow:

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> SET [ OAUTH_SCOPES = ( '<scope_1>' [ , '<scope_2>' ... ] ) ]
                                      [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> UNSET COMMENT

OAuth with authorization code grant flow:

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> SET [ OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN = '<token>' ]
                                      [ OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY_TIME = '<string_literal>' ]
                                      [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> UNSET COMMENT

Cloud provider:

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> SET [ API_AUTHENTICATION = '<cloud_provider_security_integration>' ]
                                      [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> UNSET COMMENT

Basic authentication:

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> SET [ USERNAME = '<username>' ]
                                      [ PASSWORD = '<password>' ]
                                      [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> UNSET COMMENT

Generic string:

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> SET [ SECRET_STRING = '<string_literal>' ]
                                      [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]

ALTER SECRET [ IF EXISTS ] <name> UNSET COMMENT

OAuth with client credentials flow parameters¶

name

String that specifies the identifier (i.e. name) for the secret, must be unique in your schema.

SET ...

Specifies one (or more) parameters to set (separated by blank spaces, commas, or new lines).

OAUTH_SCOPES = ( 'scope_1' [ , 'scope_2' ... ] )

Specifies a comma-separated list of scopes to use when making a request from the OAuth server by a role with USAGE on the integration during the OAuth client credentials flow.

This list must be a subset of the scopes defined in the OAUTH_ALLOWED_SCOPES property of the security integration. If the OAUTH_SCOPES property values are not specified, the secret inherits all of the scopes that are specified in the security integration.

AWS IAM required parameters¶

SET ...

Specifies one (or more) parameters to set (separated by blank spaces, commas, or new lines).

TYPE = CLOUD_PROVIDER_TOKEN

Specifies that this is secret for use with a cloud provider, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).

API_AUTHENTICATION = 'cloud_provider_security_integration'

Specifies the name value of the Snowflake security integration that connects Snowflake to a cloud provider.

OAuth with authorization code grant flow parameters¶

name

String that specifies the identifier (i.e. name) for the secret, must be unique in your schema.

SET ...

Specifies one (or more) parameters to set (separated by blank spaces, commas, or new lines).

OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN = 'token'

Specifies the token as a string that is used to obtain a new access token from the OAuth authorization server when the access token expires.

OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY_TIME = 'string_literal'

Specifies the timestamp as a string when the OAuth refresh token expires.

Basic authentication parameters¶

name

String that specifies the identifier (i.e. name) for the secret, must be unique in your schema.

SET ...

Specifies one (or more) parameters to set for the session (separated by blank spaces, commas, or new lines).

USERNAME = 'username'

Specifies the username value to store in the secret.

Specify this property value when using a secret for basic authentication (i.e. the secret is TYPE = PASSWORD).

PASSWORD = 'password'

Specifies the password value to store in the secret.

Specify this property value when using a secret for basic authentication (i.e. the secret is TYPE = PASSWORD).

Generic string parameters¶

name

String that specifies the identifier (i.e. name) for the secret, must be unique in your schema.

SET ...

Specifies one (or more) parameters to set (separated by blank spaces, commas, or new lines).

SECRET_STRING = 'string_literal'

Specifies the string to store in the secret.

The string can be an API token or a string of sensitive value that can be used in the handler code of a UDF or stored procedure. For details, see Creating and using an external access integration.

You should not use this property to store any kind of OAuth token; use one of the other secret types for your OAuth use cases.

Common parameters: all syntaxes¶

SET ...

Specifies one (or more) parameters to set for the session (separated by blank spaces, commas, or new lines).

COMMENT = 'string_literal'

String (literal) that specifies a comment for the secret.

Default: No value

UNSET ...

Specifies one (or more) properties/parameters to unset for the secret, which resets them back to their defaults:

• COMMENT

Access control requirements¶

A role used to execute this operation must have the following privileges at a minimum:

The USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema are required to perform operations on any object in a schema.

For instructions on creating a custom role with a specified set of privileges, see Creating custom roles.

For general information about roles and privilege grants for performing SQL actions on securable objects, see Overview of Access Control.

Usage notes¶

Regarding metadata:

Examples¶

Modify the comment for a secret:

ALTER SECRET service_now_creds_pw SET COMMENT = 'production secret for servicenow';

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