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Azure Key Vault - 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 Azure Key Vault.

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;

# We're going to store the bootstrap secret in the local manager.
# 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', 'azure_bs');
$json->UpdateString('service', 'Example');
$json->UpdateString('username', 'Joe');

# The bootstrap secret for the Azure Key Vault will contain
# the tenant_id, client_id, and client_secret, like this:
my $jsonSecret = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
# Modify to your values.
$jsonSecret->UpdateString('tenant_id', 'YOUR_TENANT_ID');
$jsonSecret->UpdateString('client_id', 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID');
$jsonSecret->UpdateString('client_secret', 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET');

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

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