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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.

Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loBootstrap
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lcIbm_api_key

lnSuccess = 0

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

loBootstrap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Secrets')

*  The bootstrap 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.
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("appName","ibm_bs")
loJson.UpdateString("service","Example")
loJson.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)
lcIbm_api_key = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW"
lnSuccess = loBootstrap.UpdateSecretStr(loJson,lcIbm_api_key)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loBootstrap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loBootstrap
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

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

? "The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory."

RELEASE loBootstrap
RELEASE loJson