Table of Contents

• asm-showcase
  • Usage
    • Create the secrets in aws secrets manager console
    • Create the secrets with aws cli
      • Create secrets:
      • Get secret:
      • Update a secret
      • Show current version
      • Show previous version
    • Retrieve the secret in your application.

asm-showcase

A showcase on how to get secrets with AWS Secrets manager - nodejs

Usage

Create the secrets in aws secrets manager console

Create the secrets with aws cli

Create secrets:

aws secretsmanager create-secret --name "fbi/secrets/dev" --secret-string file://dev.json

Get secret:

aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "fbi/secrets/dev"

Update a secret

# update dev.json
$ aws secretsmanager put-secret-value --secret-id "fbi/secrets/dev" --secret-string file://dev.json |jq -r .SecretString

Show current version

$ aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "fbi/secrets/dev" --version-stage AWSCURRENT |jq -r .SecretString

Show previous version

$ aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "fbi/secrets/dev" --version-stage AWSPREVIOUS |jq -r .SecretString

Retrieve the secret in your application.

$ npm install

$ TEAM=fbi PROJECT=secrets ENVIRONMENT=prod node main.js
fbi/secrets/prod
{ env: 'prod', foo: 'rab' }
rab

$ TEAM=fbi PROJECT=secrets ENVIRONMENT=dev node main.js
fbi/secrets/dev
{ env: 'dev', foo: 'bar' }
bar