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createSecret

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createSecret

SecretsManagerClient.createSecret creates a secret in AWS’ secrets manager.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	The friendly name of the secret. You can use forward slashes in the name to represent a path hierarchy.
secretString	string	The text data to encrypt and store in this new version of the secret. We recommend you use a JSON structure of key/value pairs for your secret value.
description	string	The description of the secret.
versionID (optional)	string	Optional unique version identifier for the created secret. If no versionID is provided, an auto-generated UUID will be used instead.
tags (optional)	Array<{“key”: “value”},>	A list of tags to attach to the secret. Each tag is a key and value pair of strings in a JSON text string

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<Secret>	A Promise that fulfills with a Secret object that contains the details of the created secret.

Example

import { AWSConfig, SecretsManagerClient } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/aws/0.11.0/secrets-manager.js';

const awsConfig = new AWSConfig({
  region: __ENV.AWS_REGION,
  accessKeyId: __ENV.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
  secretAccessKey: __ENV.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
});

const secretsManager = new SecretsManagerClient(awsConfig);
const testSecretName = 'jslib-test-secret';
const testSecretValue = 'jslib-test-value';

export default async function () {
  // Let's create our test secret.
  const testSecret = await secretsManager.createSecret(
    testSecretName,
    testSecretValue,
    'this is a test secret, delete me.'
  );

  // Let's get its value and verify it was indeed created.
  const createdSecret = await secretsManager.getSecret(testSecretName);
  console.log(JSON.stringify(createdSecret));
}

A k6 script that will create a secret in AWS secrets manager