AWS Secrets Manager is a fully managed service for managing sensitive digital credentials. Types of secrets that can be managed with AWS Secrets Manager include API keys, passwords, tokens, and certificates. AWS Secrets Manager also addresses the security and maintenance concerns that come with hardcoding sensitive pieces of data directly in your code.
With AWS Secrets Manager, you can replace hard-coded credentials in your code by retrieving the secret programmatically using an AWS Secrets API call.
In this lab, you will migrate a hard-coded API key in an AWS Lambda function to AWS Secrets Manager and update the function code to follow a secure pattern that is also easy to maintain.
Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:
Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:
The following courses and labs can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:
April 24th, 2023 - Updated the instructions and screenshots to the latest UI
Jun is a Cloud Labs Developer with previous experience as a Software Engineer and Cloud Developer. He holds the AWS Certified Solutions Architect and DevOps Engineer Professional certifications. He also holds the AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Developer, and SysOps Administrator Associate certifications.
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