(Ruby) 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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require 'chilkat'

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

bootstrap = Chilkat::CkSecrets.new()

# The bootstrap 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.new()
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 == false)
    print bootstrap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

print "The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory." + "\n";