(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$bootstrap = New-Object Chilkat.Secrets

# 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.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("appName","ibm_bs")
$json.UpdateString("service","Example")
$json.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)
$ibm_api_key = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW"
$success = $bootstrap.UpdateSecretStr($json,$ibm_api_key)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($bootstrap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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.")