(Visual FoxPro) AWS Setup Bootstrap Secret in Memory

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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.

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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LOCAL loBootstrap
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loJsonSecret
LOCAL lnSuccess

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Secrets')
loBootstrap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Secrets')

* This secret will reside in memory.
loBootstrap.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.
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("appName","AWS")
loJson.UpdateString("service","Example")
loJson.UpdateString("username","Joe")

* The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
* the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJsonSecret = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
* Modify if necessary to use your region..
loJsonSecret.UpdateString("awsRegion","us-east-1")
loJsonSecret.UpdateString("awsAccessKey","YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
loJsonSecret.UpdateString("awsSecretKey","YOUR_SECRET_KEY")

* Create or update the secret (in memory).
* The secret is stored encrypted in memory, and is available to be used
* regardless of the lifetime of the "bootstrap" object.
lnSuccess = loBootstrap.UpdateSecretJson(loJson,loJsonSecret)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loBootstrap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loBootstrap
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loJsonSecret
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored in memory."

RELEASE loBootstrap
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loJsonSecret