Swift

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.

Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let bootstrap = CkoSecrets()!

    // This 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.
    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "appName", value: "AWS")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "service", value: "Example")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "username", value: "Joe")

    // The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
    // the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
    let jsonSecret = CkoJsonObject()!
    // Modify if necessary to use your region..
    jsonSecret.updateString(jsonPath: "awsRegion", value: "us-east-1")
    jsonSecret.updateString(jsonPath: "awsAccessKey", value: "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
    jsonSecret.updateString(jsonPath: "awsSecretKey", value: "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(jsonId: json, secret: jsonSecret)
    if success == false {
        print("\(bootstrap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

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

}