How do I store DataDog API keys in AWS Secrets Manager for secure access?

In this guide, we will demonstrate how to securely store DataDog API keys using AWS Secrets Manager with Pulumi. This ensures that sensitive information such as API keys are kept secure and managed properly.

Steps:

1. Create a new AWS Secrets Manager Secret: This will store the DataDog API key.
2. Store the DataDog API key in the secret: The key will be stored securely within AWS Secrets Manager.

Below is the Pulumi program that accomplishes this:

import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";

// Define the DataDog API key
const datadogApiKey = "your-datadog-api-key";

// Create a new AWS Secrets Manager Secret
const datadogSecret = new aws.secretsmanager.Secret("datadogSecret", {
    description: "DataDog API key",
});

// Store the DataDog API key in the secret
const datadogSecretVersion = new aws.secretsmanager.SecretVersion("datadogSecretVersion", {
    secretId: datadogSecret.id,
    secretString: JSON.stringify({ apiKey: datadogApiKey }),
});

// Export the name of the secret
export const secretName = datadogSecret.name;

Key Points:

• AWS Secrets Manager: Used to securely store sensitive information such as API keys.
• Pulumi: An infrastructure as code tool that allows you to define and manage cloud resources using programming languages.
• Security: By using AWS Secrets Manager, API keys are stored securely and managed properly.

Summary

In this guide, we created a Pulumi program to store a DataDog API key in AWS Secrets Manager. This ensures that sensitive information is kept secure and can be managed efficiently.