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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.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oBootstrap
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oJsonSecret

nSuccess := 0

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

oBootstrap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Secrets")

//  This secret will reside in memory.
oBootstrap: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.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("appName", "AWS")
oJson:UpdateString("service", "Example")
oJson:UpdateString("username", "Joe")

//  The bootstrap secret for the AWS Secrets Manager will contain
//  the AWS region, access key, and secret key, like this:
oJsonSecret := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
//  Modify if necessary to use your region..
oJsonSecret:UpdateString("awsRegion", "us-east-1")
oJsonSecret:UpdateString("awsAccessKey", "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY")
oJsonSecret: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.
nSuccess := oBootstrap:UpdateSecretJson(oJson, oJsonSecret)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oBootstrap:LastErrorText
    oBootstrap:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oJsonSecret:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "The AWS bootstrap secret has been stored in memory."

oBootstrap:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oJsonSecret:destroy()