Node.js

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.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var bootstrap = new chilkat.Secrets();

    //  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.
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    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)
    var ibm_api_key = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW";
    success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretStr(json,ibm_api_key);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(bootstrap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

    console.log("The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.");

}

chilkatExample();