(Visual Basic 6.0) Oracle Cloud Secrets - Setup Bootstrap Secret in Local Manager

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Accessing a cloud-based secrets manager requires authentication credentials, which cannot be stored in the manager itself. Instead, they must be securely stored locally.

One solution is to store the authentication credentials as a secret in the Windows Credentials Manager or Apple Keychain. These credentials serve as the "bootstrap secret" for authenticating with the cloud-based secrets manager.

This example demonstrates how to setup a bootstrap secret for the Oracle 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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' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim bootstrap As New ChilkatSecrets

' We're going to store the bootstrap secret in the local manager.
' On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
' On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
bootstrap.Location = "local_manager"

' 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.
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("appName","oracle_bs")
success = json.UpdateString("service","Example")
success = json.UpdateString("username","Joe")

' The bootstrap secret for Oracle Cloud Secrets is the PEM of your private key.
Dim sbPem As New ChilkatStringBuilder
Dim success As Long
success = sbPem.LoadFile("qa_data/pem/oracle_cloud_privkey.pem","utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to load the private key PEM file."
    Exit Sub
End If

' The bootstrap secret for the Oracle Cloud Secrets will contain
' the private key PEM, like this:
success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretSb(json,sbPem)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print bootstrap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "The Oracle Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored."