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IBM Cloud Secrets - 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 IBM Cloud Secrets.

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")

; We're going to store the bootstrap secret in the local manager.
; 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","ibm_bs")
$oJson.UpdateString("service","Example")
$oJson.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)
Local $sIbm_api_key = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW"
$bSuccess = $oBootstrap.UpdateSecretStr($oJson,$sIbm_api_key)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oBootstrap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in the local manager." & @CRLF)