CREATE SECRET¶

Creates a new secret in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing secret.

See also:

ALTER SECRET , DESCRIBE SECRET , DROP SECRET , SHOW SECRETS

Syntax¶

OAuth with client credentials flow:

CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] SECRET [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <name>
    TYPE = OAUTH2
    API_AUTHENTICATION = <security_integration_name>
    OAUTH_SCOPES = ( '<scope_1>' [ , '<scope_2>' ... ] )
    [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]
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OAuth with authorization code grant flow:

CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] SECRET [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <name>
    TYPE = OAUTH2
    OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN = '<string_literal>'
    OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY_TIME = '<string_literal>'
    API_AUTHENTICATION = <security_integration_name>;
    [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]
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Basic authentication:

CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] SECRET [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <name>
    TYPE = PASSWORD
    USERNAME = '<username>'
    PASSWORD = '<password>'
    [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]
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Generic string:

CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] SECRET [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <name>
    TYPE = GENERIC_STRING
    SECRET_STRING = '<string_literal>'
    [ COMMENT = '<string_literal>' ]
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OAuth with client credentials flow required parameters¶

name

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

In addition, the identifier must start with an alphabetic character and cannot contain spaces or special characters unless the entire identifier string is enclosed in double quotes (e.g. "My object"). Identifiers enclosed in double quotes are also case-sensitive.

For more details, see Identifier requirements.

TYPE = OAUTH2

Specifies a secret to use with an OAuth grant flow.

API_AUTHENTICATION = security_integration_name

Specifies the name value of the Snowflake security integration that connects Snowflake to an external service.

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.

For the ServiceNow connector, the only possible scope value is 'useraccount'.

OAuth with authorization code grant flow required parameters¶

name

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

In addition, the identifier must start with an alphabetic character and cannot contain spaces or special characters unless the entire identifier string is enclosed in double quotes (e.g. "My object"). Identifiers enclosed in double quotes are also case-sensitive.

For more details, see Identifier requirements.

TYPE = OAUTH2

Specifies a secret to use with the OAuth grant flow.

OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN = 'string_literal'

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.

API_AUTHENTICATION = security_integration_name

Specifies the name value of the Snowflake security integration that connects Snowflake to an external service.

Basic authentication required parameters¶

name

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

In addition, the identifier must start with an alphabetic character and cannot contain spaces or special characters unless the entire identifier string is enclosed in double quotes (e.g. "My object"). Identifiers enclosed in double quotes are also case-sensitive.

For more details, see Identifier requirements.

TYPE = PASSWORD

Specifies a secret to use with basic authentication.

When specifying this type you must specify values for the username and password properties.

USERNAME = 'username'

Specifies the username value to store in the secret.

Specify this value when setting the TYPE value to PASSWORD for use with basic authentication.

PASSWORD = 'password'

Specifies the password value to store in the secret.

Specify this value when setting the TYPE value to PASSWORD for use with basic authentication.

Generic string parameters¶

name

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

In addition, the identifier must start with an alphabetic character and cannot contain spaces or special characters unless the entire identifier string is enclosed in double quotes (e.g. "My object"). Identifiers enclosed in double quotes are also case-sensitive.

For more details, see Identifier requirements.

TYPE = GENERIC_STRING

Specifies a secret to store a sensitive string value.

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.

Optional parameters¶

COMMENT = 'string_literal'

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

Default: No value

Access control requirements¶

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

Privilege

Object

Notes

CREATE SECRET

Schema

Note that operating on any object in a schema also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and 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:

Attention

Customers should ensure that no personal data (other than for a User object), sensitive data, export-controlled data, or other regulated data is entered as metadata when using the Snowflake service. For more information, see Metadata Fields in Snowflake.

Examples¶

Create a secret for use with the OAuth client credentials flow:

CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET mysecret
    TYPE = OAUTH2
    API_AUTHENTICATION = mysecurityintegration
    OAUTH_SCOPES = ('useraccount')
    COMMENT = 'secret for the service now connector'
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Create a secret for use with the OAuth code grant flow:

CREATE SECRET service_now_creds_oauth_code
    TYPE = OAUTH2
    OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN = '34n;vods4nQsdg09wee4qnfvadH'
    OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY_TIME = '2022-01-06 20:00:00'
    API_AUTHENTICATION = sn_oauth;
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Create a secret that specifies a username and password to access ServiceNow:

CREATE SECRET service_now_creds_pw
    TYPE = password
    USERNAME = 'jsmith1'
    PASSWORD = 'W3dr@fg*7B1c4j';
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