AWS Secrets Manager is a fully managed service that enables you to easily and securely store, manage, and retrieve secrets such as database credentials, API keys, and other sensitive data. In this tutorial, we will cover how to create and manage secrets using AWS Secrets Manager.
To create a secret in Secrets Manager, follow these steps:
Once you have created a secret in Secrets Manager, you can retrieve it using the AWS SDK or the AWS CLI.
Here is an example using the AWS SDK:
import boto3
secrets_manager = boto3.client('secretsmanager')
secret_value = secrets_manager.get_secret_value(SecretId='my_database_credentials')
print(secret_value['SecretString'])
This will retrieve the value of the secret "my_database_credentials".
Secrets Manager makes it easy to rotate your secrets, which helps to improve security by changing passwords or other sensitive data on a regular basis.
To enable secret rotation, follow these steps:
AWS Secrets Manager is a powerful tool for securely storing and managing secrets in the cloud. With its easy-to-use interface and advanced features such as secret rotation, Secrets Manager is an essential component of any secure AWS architecture.