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IBM Cloud Secrets - 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 IBM Cloud Secrets.

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', '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)
my $ibm_api_key = 'tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW';
my $success = $bootstrap->UpdateSecretStr($json, $ibm_api_key);
if (!$success) {
    print $bootstrap->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in the local manager.\n";