React Native

AWS 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 the AWS Secrets Manager.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.0 or later.

React Native

import { JsonObject, Secrets } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const bootstrap = new Secrets();

  // This 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.
  const json = new JsonObject();
  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:
  const jsonSecret = new JsonObject();
  // 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 (in memory).
  // The secret is stored encrypted in memory, and is available to be used
  // regardless of the lifetime of the "bootstrap" object.
  try {
    await bootstrap.updateSecretJsonAsync(json, jsonSecret);
  } catch {
    console.log(bootstrap.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.');
}