aws secretsmanager get-random-password

Generates a random password. AWS CLI reference

1 example 8 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

from aws-cli, each command read by CmdID

To generate a random password

The following get-random-password example generates a random password 20 characters long that includes at least one uppercase letter, lowercase letter, number, and punctuation.

aws secretsmanager get-random-password --require-each-included-type --password-length 20Identify

--require-each-included-typeSpecifies whether to include at least one upper and lowercase letter, one number, and one punctuation.

--password-lengthThe length of the password.

Its output

{
    "RandomPassword": "EXAMPLE-PASSWORD"
}

For more information, see Create and manage secrets in the Secrets Manager User Guide.

Options

8 in the AWS CLI reference

--exclude-charactersA string of the characters that you don't want in the password.

--exclude-lowercaseSpecifies whether to exclude lowercase letters from the password.

--exclude-numbersSpecifies whether to exclude numbers from the password.

--exclude-punctuationSpecifies whether to exclude the following punctuation characters from the password: !

--exclude-uppercaseSpecifies whether to exclude uppercase letters from the password.

--include-spaceSpecifies whether to include the space character.

--password-lengthThe length of the password.

--require-each-included-typeSpecifies whether to include at least one upper and lowercase letter, one number, and one punctuation.