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# sdm admin secretengines create

```shell
NAME:
   sdm admin secretengines create - create new secret engine

USAGE:
   sdm admin secretengines create command [command options] <secret engine type: key_value or active_directory> <secret engine name> <secret store ID> <secret root path>

COMMANDS:
   active_directory  create a ActiveDirectoryEngine
   key_value         create a KeyValueEngine

OPTIONS:
   --json, -j       output as json
   --timeout value  set time limit for command
   --tags value     tags e.g. 'key=value,...'
   --help, -h       show help
```

### active\_directory

```shell
NAME:
   sdm admin secretengines create active_directory - create a ActiveDirectoryEngine

USAGE:
   sdm admin secretengines create active_directory [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --timeout value                      set time limit for command
   --after-read-ttl value               
   --binddn value                       (required)
   --bindpass value                     (required)
   --certificate value                  
   --connection-timeout value           (default: 0)
   --do-not-validate-timestamps         
   --insecure-tls                       
   --key-rotation-interval-days value   (default: 0)
   --max-backoff-duration value         
   --name value                         (required)
   --password-length value              Password length (default: 0)
   --password-num-digits value          Numbers of digits to use when generating password (default: 0)
   --password-num-symbols value         Number of symbos to use when generating password (default: 0)
   --password-allow-repeat              If set to true allows for consecutive characters to repeat itself
   --password-exclude-characters value  Set of characters to exclude when generating password
   --password-exclude-uppercase         If set to true do not include upper case letters when generating password
   --request-timeout value              (default: 0)
   --secret-store-id value              (required)
   --secret-store-root-path value       (required)
   --start-tls                          
   --tags value                         tags e.g. 'key=value,...'
   --ttl value                          
   --upndomain value                    
   --url value                          (required)
   --userdn value                       
   --certificate-file value             path to file containing certificate
```

### key\_value

```shell
NAME:
   sdm admin secretengines create key_value - create a KeyValueEngine

USAGE:
   sdm admin secretengines create key_value [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --timeout value                     set time limit for command
   --key-rotation-interval-days value  (default: 0)
   --name value                        (required)
   --secret-store-id value             (required)
   --secret-store-root-path value      (required)
   --tags value                        tags e.g. 'key=value,...'
```


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