Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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.

Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Secrets,
  Chilkat.JsonObject;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  bootstrap: TSecrets;
  json: TJsonObject;
  ibm_api_key: string;

begin
  success := False;

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

  bootstrap := TSecrets.Create;

  //  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.
  json := TJsonObject.Create;
  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)
  ibm_api_key := 'tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW';
  success := bootstrap.UpdateSecretStr(json,ibm_api_key);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(bootstrap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

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

  WriteLn('The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.');


  bootstrap.Free;
  json.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.