SQL Server

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.

SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @bootstrap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Secrets', @bootstrap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- The bootstrap secret will reside in memory.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @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.
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'appName', 'ibm_bs'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'service', 'Example'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, '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)
    DECLARE @ibm_api_key nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @ibm_api_key = 'tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @bootstrap, 'UpdateSecretStr', @success OUT, @json, @ibm_api_key
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @bootstrap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bootstrap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END

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


    PRINT 'The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bootstrap
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json


END
GO