Perl Requires Chilkat v10.1.0+

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.

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

my $bootstrap = Chilkat2::Secrets->new;

# On Windows, this is the Windows Credentials Manager
# On MacOS/iOS, it is the Apple Keychain
$bootstrap->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.
my $json = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$json->UpdateString('appName', 'AWS');
$json->UpdateString('service', 'Example');
$json->UpdateString('username', 'Joe');

# The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
# the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
my $jsonSecret = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
# Modify if necessary to use your region..
$jsonSecret->UpdateString('awsRegion', 'us-east-1');
$jsonSecret->UpdateString('awsAccessKey', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
$jsonSecret->UpdateString('awsSecretKey', 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY');

# Create or update the bootstrap secret.
my $success = $bootstrap->UpdateSecretJson($json, $jsonSecret);
if (!$success) {
    print $bootstrap->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored.\n";