AWS Secrets Manager

Detailed information on the secret store component

Component format

To setup AWS Secrets Manager secret store create a component of type secretstores.aws.secretmanager. See this guide on how to create and apply a secretstore configuration. See this guide on referencing secrets to retrieve and use the secret with Dapr components.

See Authenticating to AWS for information about authentication-related attributes.

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: awssecretmanager
spec:
  type: secretstores.aws.secretmanager
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: region
    value: "[aws_region]"
  - name: accessKey
    value: "[aws_access_key]"
  - name: secretKey
    value: "[aws_secret_key]"
  - name: sessionToken
    value: "[aws_session_token]"

Warning

The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a local secret store such as Kubernetes secret store or a local file to bootstrap secure key storage.

Spec metadata fields

Field	Required	Details	Example
region	Y	The specific AWS region the AWS Secrets Manager instance is deployed in	`"us-east-1"`
accessKey	Y	The AWS Access Key to access this resource	`"key"`
secretKey	Y	The AWS Secret Access Key to access this resource	`"secretAccessKey"`
sessionToken	N	The AWS session token to use	`"sessionToken"`

Important

When running the Dapr sidecar (daprd) with your application on EKS (AWS Kubernetes), if you’re using a node/pod that has already been attached to an IAM policy defining access to AWS resources, you must not provide AWS access-key, secret-key, and tokens in the definition of the component spec you’re using.

Optional per-request metadata properties

The following optional query parameters can be provided when retrieving secrets from this secret store:

Query Parameter	Description
`metadata.version_id`	Version for the given secret key.
`metadata.version_stage`	Version stage for the given secret key.

Create an AWS Secrets Manager instance

Setup AWS Secrets Manager using the AWS documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/tutorials_basic.html.

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Last modified July 5, 2023: Apply suggestions from code review (6e088d16)