Secrets Management with AWS Secrets Manager
Securely store, retrieve, and rotate sensitive credentials and API keys in your serverless applications using AWS Secrets Manager.
Secrets Manager: The Basics
Welcome! In serverless applications, managing sensitive data like database passwords or API keys is crucial. Hardcoding these values is a major security risk.
AWS Secrets Manager helps you securely store, manage, and retrieve these secrets throughout their lifecycle.
Why Not Hardcode?
Hardcoding secrets directly in your Lambda function code or configuration files is a bad practice. Here's why:
- Security Risk: If your code repository is compromised, your secrets are exposed.
- Maintenance: Changing a secret requires code redeployment.
- Compliance: Many security standards forbid hardcoded credentials.
All lessons in this course
- Advanced IAM Policies and Permissions
- Secrets Management with AWS Secrets Manager
- Distributed Tracing with AWS X-Ray
- Structured Logging and Correlation IDs