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AWS 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 the AWS Secrets Manager.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

bootstrap = chilkat.CkSecrets()

# This secret will reside in memory.
bootstrap.put_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 = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.UpdateString("appName","AWS")
json.UpdateString("service","Example")
json.UpdateString("username","Joe")

# The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
# the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
jsonSecret = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
# Modify if necessary to use your region..
jsonSecret.UpdateString("awsRegion","us-east-1")
jsonSecret.UpdateString("awsAccessKey","YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
jsonSecret.UpdateString("awsSecretKey","YOUR_SECRET_KEY")

# Create or update the bootstrap secret (in memory).
# The secret is stored encrypted in memory, and is available to be used
# regardless of the lifetime of the "bootstrap" object.
success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretJson(json,jsonSecret)
if (success == False):
    print(bootstrap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.")