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AWS Setup Bootstrap Secret in Local Manager

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Accessing a cloud-based secrets manager requires authentication credentials, which cannot be stored in the manager itself. Instead, they must be securely stored locally.

One solution is to store the authentication credentials as a secret in the Windows Credentials Manager or Apple Keychain. These credentials serve as the "bootstrap secret" for authenticating with the cloud-based secrets manager.

This example demonstrates how to setup a bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager.

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

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oBootstrap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Secrets")

; On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
; On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
$oBootstrap.Location = "local_manager"

; 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.
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("appName","AWS")
$oJson.UpdateString("service","Example")
$oJson.UpdateString("username","Joe")

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

; Create or update the bootstrap secret.
$bSuccess = $oBootstrap.UpdateSecretJson($oJson,$oJsonSecret)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oBootstrap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored." & @CRLF)