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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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#include <CkSecretsW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkSecretsW bootstrap;

    //  This secret will reside in memory.
    bootstrap.put_Location(L"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.
    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.UpdateString(L"appName",L"AWS");
    json.UpdateString(L"service",L"Example");
    json.UpdateString(L"username",L"Joe");

    //  The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
    //  the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
    CkJsonObjectW jsonSecret;
    //  Modify if necessary to use your region..
    jsonSecret.UpdateString(L"awsRegion",L"us-east-1");
    jsonSecret.UpdateString(L"awsAccessKey",L"YOUR_ACCESS_KEY");
    jsonSecret.UpdateString(L"awsSecretKey",L"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) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",bootstrap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.\n");
    }