(Android™) AWS 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 the AWS Secrets Manager.

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

For more information, see https://cknotes.com/chilkat-secrets-class-added-in-version-10-1-0/

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    CkSecrets bootstrap = new CkSecrets();

    // This secret will reside in memory.
    bootstrap.put_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.
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("appName","AWS");
    json.UpdateString("service","Example");
    json.UpdateString("username","Joe");

    // The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
    // the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
    CkJsonObject jsonSecret = new CkJsonObject();
    // Modify if necessary to use your region..
    jsonSecret.UpdateString("awsRegion","us-east-1");
    jsonSecret.UpdateString("awsAccessKey","YOUR_ACCESS_KEY");
    jsonSecret.UpdateString("awsSecretKey","YOUR_SECRET_KEY");

    // Create or update the bootstrap secret (in memory).
    // The secret is stored encrypted in memory, and is available to be used
    // regardless of the lifetime of the "bootstrap" object.
    boolean success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretJson(json,jsonSecret);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, bootstrap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}