Many applications use secrets for various use cases. Using an application ID and Secret key to generate a token or maybe the secret key itself to access APIs, a username, and password to create a database connection string to retrieve data from RDS. Maybe there are various security measurements and standards you've been enforced by your organization. One thing for sure is not storing passwords in configuration files or hard code them in plain texts. Storing and retrieving those secrets/passwords in a secure manner can be a challenging task, and in this post, we are going to discuss a more robust solution using AWS services.
You'll need an AWS account set up to follow this tutorial. Then, log into your AWS console and locate Secrets Manager service under the Security, Identity and Compliance category. Click on the "Store a new Secret." You'll get three options:
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