Visual Basic 6.0

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.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim bootstrap As New ChilkatSecrets

' The bootstrap 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.
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("appName","ibm_bs")
success = json.UpdateString("service","Example")
success = 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)
Dim ibm_api_key As String
ibm_api_key = "tI-oaEj_krD2F4Utd1ztRCE+wDWve8HvU15XxOdq7FkW"
success = bootstrap.UpdateSecretStr(json,ibm_api_key)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print bootstrap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

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

Debug.Print "The IBM Cloud bootstrap secret has been stored in memory."