Secrets Management Archives - For all your terraform needs https://terraformarchitect.com/category/secrets-management/ Automation cannot be an afterthought (TM) Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:50:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Recommendations for Secrets Use from an AWS Application https://terraformarchitect.com/secrets-management/recommendations-for-secrets-use-from-an-aws-application/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recommendations-for-secrets-use-from-an-aws-application https://terraformarchitect.com/secrets-management/recommendations-for-secrets-use-from-an-aws-application/#respond Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:50:27 +0000 https://terraformarchitect.com/?p=194 How do I ensure that my app uses secrets securely  ( on AWS )? Create IAM roles for each application. Grant those roles the ability to retrieve secrets Update your […]

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]]> How do I ensure that my app uses secrets securely  ( on AWS )?

  1. Create IAM roles for each application.
  2. Grant those roles the ability to retrieve secrets
  3. Update your application code to use GetSecretValue API calls.

Additional Tips

  1. This can, of course, be mapped to any cloud provider.
  2. Also, use git-secrets (agent) to ensure that secrets aren’t accidently committed to your git repo.

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