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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.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim bootstrap As ChilkatSecrets
bootstrap.Initialize("bootstrap")

'  The bootstrap secret will reside in memory.
bootstrap.Location = "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.
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.UpdateString("appName", "ibm_bs")
json.UpdateString("service", "Example")
json.UpdateString("username", "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)
Dim ibm_api_key As String = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW"
success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretStr(json, ibm_api_key)
If success = False Then
    Log(bootstrap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


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

Log("The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.")