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AWS 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 AWS Secrets Manager.

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

Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oBootstrap
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oJsonSecret

nSuccess := 0

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

oBootstrap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Secrets")

//  On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
//  On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
oBootstrap: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.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("appName", "AWS")
oJson:UpdateString("service", "Example")
oJson:UpdateString("username", "Joe")

//  The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
//  the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
oJsonSecret := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
//  Modify if necessary to use your region..
oJsonSecret:UpdateString("awsRegion", "us-east-1")
oJsonSecret:UpdateString("awsAccessKey", "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
oJsonSecret:UpdateString("awsSecretKey", "YOUR_SECRET_KEY")

//  Create or update the bootstrap secret.
nSuccess := oBootstrap:UpdateSecretJson(oJson, oJsonSecret)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oBootstrap:LastErrorText
    oBootstrap:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oJsonSecret:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored."

oBootstrap:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oJsonSecret:destroy()