(Objective-C) 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.

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

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#import <CkoSecrets.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <NSString.h>

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

CkoSecrets *bootstrap = [[CkoSecrets alloc] init];

// The bootstrap secret will reside in memory.
bootstrap.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.
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"appName" value: @"ibm_bs"];
[json UpdateString: @"service" value: @"Example"];
[json UpdateString: @"username" value: @"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)
NSString *ibm_api_key = @"tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW";
BOOL success = [bootstrap UpdateSecretStr: json secret: ibm_api_key];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",bootstrap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

NSLog(@"%@",@"The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.");