HashiCorp KV - Update description

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I have enabled KV secret engine under a path secret1. Now I am trying to update the description of it via API. I use following API endpoint but it does not seem to be working.
URL - https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/secret1/config
$body = @{“Description” = “Secret path to contain the passwords and associated secrets.”}

It does not return any error but the change is not reflected.
I think there is something wrong in what I do. Please help.

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You’ll either need to specify the description when you enable the mount or after-the-fact using the tune endpoint. In the latter case you’ll need to use https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/mounts/secret1/tune as your path.

Looking at the API docs for the KVv2 config endpoint does not show there is a description field you can set so that’s what your current attempt isn’t working for you.

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Thanks a ton. It worked.