VBScript

Azure Key Vault - 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 Azure Key Vault.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set bootstrap = CreateObject("Chilkat.Secrets")

' 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.
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("appName","azure_bs")
success = json.UpdateString("service","Example")
success = json.UpdateString("username","Joe")

' The bootstrap secret for the Azure Key Vault will contain
' the tenant_id, client_id, and client_secret, like this:
set jsonSecret = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
' Modify to your values.
success = jsonSecret.UpdateString("tenant_id","YOUR_TENANT_ID")
success = jsonSecret.UpdateString("client_id","YOUR_CLIENT_ID")
success = jsonSecret.UpdateString("client_secret","YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET")

' Create or update the bootstrap secret.
success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretJson(json,jsonSecret)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(bootstrap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("The Azure bootstrap secret has been stored.")

outFile.Close