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stage: Verify
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group: Pipeline Authoring
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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type: reference
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# Project-level Secure Files **(FREE)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/78227) in GitLab 14.8. [Deployed behind the `ci_secure_files` flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md), disabled by default.
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FLAG:
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On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available,
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ask an administrator to [enable the feature flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md)
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named `ci_secure_files`. Limited to 100 secure files per project. Files must be smaller
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than 5 MB. The feature is not ready for production use.
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You can securely store files for use in CI/CD pipelines as "secure files". These files
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are stored securely outside of your project's repository, and are not version controlled.
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It is safe to store sensitive information in these files. Secure files support both
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plain text and binary file types.
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You can manage secure files in the project settings, or with the [secure files API](../../api/secure_files.md).
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Secure files can be [downloaded and used by CI/CD jobs](#use-secure-files-in-cicd-jobs)
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by using the [load-secure-files](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/incubation-engineering/devops-for-mobile-apps/load-secure-files)
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tool.
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NOTE:
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This feature is in active development and is likely to change, potentially in a breaking way.
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Additional features and capabilities are planned.
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## Add a secure file to a project
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To add a secure file to a project:
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1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > CI/CD**.
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1. In the **Secure Files** section, select **Expand**.
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1. Select **Upload File**.
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1. Find the file to upload, select **Open**, and the file upload begins immediately.
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The file shows up in the list when the upload is complete.
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## Use secure files in CI/CD jobs
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To use your secure files in a CI/CD job, you must use the [`load-secure-files`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/incubation-engineering/devops-for-mobile-apps/load-secure-files)
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tool to download the files in the job. After they are downloaded, you can use them
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with your other script commands.
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Add a command in the `script` section of your job to download the `load-secure-files` tool
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and execute it. The files download into a `.secure_files` directory in the root of the project.
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To change the download location for the secure files, set the path in the `SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH`
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[CI/CD variable](../variables/index.md).
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For example:
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```yaml
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test:
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variables:
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SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH: './where/files/should/go/'
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script:
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- curl --silent "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/incubation-engineering/devops-for-mobile-apps/load-secure-files/-/raw/main/installer" | bash
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```
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