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Expand Up @@ -1013,10 +1013,12 @@ try all other remote key services until one succeeds.

You can start a key service server by running ``sops keyservice``.

You can specify the key services the ``sops`` binary uses with ``--keyservice``.
This flag can be specified more than once, so you can use multiple key
services. The local key service can be disabled with
``enable-local-keyservice=false``.
You can specify the key services the ``sops`` binary uses with the
``--keyservice`` option. This flag can be specified more than once, so you can
use multiple key services. Alternatively, a single key service can be specified
by setting the ``SOPS_KEYSERVICE`` environment variable. The local key service
can be disabled with ``--enable-local-keyservice=false`` or by setting the
``SOPS_ENABLE_LOCAL_KEYSERVICE`` environment variable to ``false``.

For example, to decrypt a file using both the local key service and the key
service exposed on the unix socket located in ``/tmp/sops.sock``, you can run:
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