Rust

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.

Rust

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

let bootstrap = chilkat::Secrets::new();

// The bootstrap secret will reside in memory.
bootstrap.set_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.
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.update_string("appName", "ibm_bs");
let _ = json.update_string("service", "Example");
let _ = json.update_string("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)
let ibm_api_key = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW".to_string();
if bootstrap.update_secret_str(&json, &ibm_api_key).is_err() {
    println!("{}", bootstrap.last_error_text());
    return;
}

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

println!("The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.");