Unicode C++

IBM Cloud Secrets - 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 IBM Cloud Secrets.

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

Unicode C++

#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;

    // The bootstrap 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"ibm_bs");
    json.UpdateString(L"service",L"Example");
    json.UpdateString(L"username",L"Joe");

    // The bootstrap secret for the IBM Cloud Secrets will contain
    // your IBM Cloud API Key, like this..
    // (change the following to use your own IBM Cloud API key)
    const wchar_t *ibm_api_key = L"tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW";
    success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretStr(json,ibm_api_key);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",bootstrap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // The secret is stored encrypted in memory, and is available to be used
    // regardless of the lifetime of the "bootstrap" object.

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