---
title: Secret store
summary: >-
  A secret store is a persistent, globally distributed store for secrets
  accessible to Compute services during request processing. <a
  href="https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/concepts/edge-state/dynamic-config">Learn
  more about secret stores</a>.
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/services/resources/secret-store
---

<CollectionDescription name="secret_store" />

Secrets written to a secret store are encrypted in transit and at rest.
Secret store entries are write-only and plaintext secret values cannot be retrieved via the API.
The plaintext values are only available to Compute services during their request processing.


<Collection name="secret_store" />