How can I manage the secret version in AWS Manager?

 In the context of AWS, here are the steps given:-

Effective management of the secret version

Automatic rotation: You can configure the automatic rotation for secrets with AWS secret manager to periodically generate and update the secret version automatically.

Version retention: You can set a retention policy for controlling the number of versions stored, which would ensure you maintain a manageable history of secret versions.

Integration with the application: You can update your application code to retrieve the latest secret version from the AWS secret manager dynamically.

Here is the example given in Python programming language which would Demonstrate how you can manage a secret version by using the AWS secret manager and Boto3:-

Import boto3

Import json

# Initialize AWS Secrets Manager client

Secrets_manager = boto3.client(‘secretsmanager’)

Def create_or_update_secret(secret_name, secret_value, description, tags=None):

    Try:

        # Check if the secret already exists

        Secret_metadata = secrets_manager.describe_secret(SecretId=secret_name)

        Secret_arn = secret_metadata[‘ARN’]

        # Update the existing secret with a new version

        Response = secrets_manager.put_secret_value(

            SecretId=secret_name,

            SecretString=secret_value

        )

        Print(f”Secret ‘{secret_name}’ updated with new version.”)

        Return secret_arn

    Except secrets_manager.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException:

        # Create a new secret if it doesn’t exist

        Response = secrets_manager.create_secret(

            Name=secret_name,

            Description=description,

            SecretString=secret_value,

            Tags=tags,

            AutomaticRotationEnabled=True  # Enable automatic rotation

        )

        Print(f”Secret ‘{secret_name}’ created with initial version.”)

        Return response[‘ARN’]

Def retrieve_latest_secret_value(secret_name):

    # Get the secret value of the latest version

    Secret_metadata = secrets_manager.describe_secret(SecretId=secret_name)

    Latest_version_id = secret_metadata[‘VersionIdsToStages’][‘AWSCURRENT’]

    Secret_value = secrets_manager.get_secret_value(SecretId=secret_name, VersionId=latest_version_id)[‘SecretString’]

    Return secret_value

# Example usage

If __name__ == ‘__main__’:

    # Define secret details

    Secret_name = ‘MySecret’

    Secret_value = ‘{“api_key”: “supersecretapikey”}’

    Description = ‘My secret for API keys’

    Tags = [{‘Key’: ‘Environment’, ‘Value’: ‘Production’}]

    # Create or update the secret

    Secret_arn = create_or_update_secret(secret_name, secret_value, description, tags)

    # Retrieve the latest secret value

    Latest_secret_value = retrieve_latest_secret_value(secret_name)

    Print(“Latest Secret Value:”, latest_secret_value)

Here is the same example given by using the java programming language:-

Import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.SecretsManagerClient;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.model.CreateSecretRequest;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.model.DescribeSecretResponse;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.model.GetSecretValueRequest;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.model.GetSecretValueResponse;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.model.SecretsManagerException;

Import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.model.UpdateSecretRequest;

Import java.util.Base64;

Public class SecretsManagerExample {

    Public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Initialize Secrets Manager client

        SecretsManagerClient secretsManager = SecretsManagerClient.builder()

                .region(Region.US_EAST_1)

                .credentialsProvider(DefaultCredentialsProvider.create())

                .build();

        // Define secret details

        String secretName = “MySecret”;

        String secretValue = “{”api_key”: ”supersecretapikey”}”;

        String description = “My secret for API keys”;

        Try {

            // Check if the secret already exists

            DescribeSecretResponse secretMetadata = secretsManager.describeSecret(

                    Request -> request.secretId(secretName)

            );

            // Update the existing secret with a new version if it exists

            UpdateSecretRequest updateRequest = UpdateSecretRequest.builder()

                    .secretId(secretName)

                    .secretString(secretValue)

                    .build();

            secretsManager.updateSecret(updateRequest);

            System.out.println(“Secret ‘” + secretName + “’ updated with new version.”);

        } catch (SecretsManagerException e) {

            // Create a new secret if it doesn’t exist

            CreateSecretRequest createRequest = CreateSecretRequest.builder()

                    .name(secretName)

                    .description(description)

                    .secretString(secretValue)

                    .automaticRotationEnabled(true)  // Enable automatic rotation

                    .build();

            secretsManager.createSecret(createRequest);

            System.out.println(“Secret ‘” + secretName + “’ created with initial version.”);

        }

        // Retrieve the latest secret value

        GetSecretValueRequest getValueRequest = GetSecretValueRequest.builder()

                .secretId(secretName)

                .build();

        GetSecretValueResponse getValueResponse = secretsManager.getSecretValue(getValueRequest);

        String latestSecretValue = getValueResponse.secretString();

        System.out.println(“Latest Secret Value: “ + latestSecretValue);

    }

}