# How to store PEM/P8 key in Secrets?

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**Created:** [October 7, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/how-to-store-pem-p8-key-in-secrets/15784 "2023-10-07T15:39:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/how-to-store-pem-p8-key-in-secrets/15784/2 "2023-10-07T16:47:10Z")

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> [@tito](#):
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> Is there a way to make it work using secrets?

If you can use a base64 encoded secret, then yes.

See this discussion: [How are you managing cert files with Fly? - #16 by michael](https://community.fly.io/t/2984/16)

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