How Does AWS Secret Manager Work?
- When we use a secret manager, our keys are encrypted by KMS, and simultaneously AWS Lambda rotates secrets on schedule.
- secrets are accessed in the application while we fetch keys stored from the secret manager.
- It can be done using Amazon RDS, Redshift, DocumentDB, and other AWS services and services outside AWS.
- Cloudwatch and Cloudtrail automate monitoring and audit compliance for secrets.
What Is AWS Secrets Manager ?
AWS Secret Manager is a service that stores our sensitive information as keys and gets encrypted as part of a secret. We will fetch our secrets using code. In this article, we will describe what a Secret Manager is, how it works, and what are benefits and best practices of using Secret Manager are. We will also create sample secrets using the AWS console.
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