C#

IBM Cloud Secrets - Setup Bootstrap Secret in Memory

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Accessing a cloud-based secrets manager requires authentication credentials, which cannot be stored within the secrets manager itself.

This example shows how to set up an in-memory bootstrap secret with authentication credentials which will be used in other examples to access IBM Cloud Secrets.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

C#

bool success = false;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Secrets bootstrap = new Chilkat.Secrets();

//  The bootstrap secret will reside in memory.
bootstrap.Location = "memory";

//  Specify the name of the bootstrap secret.
//  service and username are required.
//  appName and domain are optional.
//  Note: The values are arbitrary and can be anything you want.
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("appName","ibm_bs");
json.UpdateString("service","Example");
json.UpdateString("username","Joe");

//  The bootstrap secret for the IBM Cloud Secrets will contain
//  your IBM Cloud API Key, like this..
//  (change the following to use your own IBM Cloud API key)
string ibm_api_key = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW";
success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretStr(json,ibm_api_key);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(bootstrap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The secret is stored encrypted in memory, and is available to be used
//  regardless of the lifetime of the "bootstrap" object.

Debug.WriteLine("The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.");