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Using AWS Secrets Manager for Storing and Rotating Database Credentials

This hands-on lab walks you through how to create a secret in Secrets Manager and how to reference that secret in a CloudFormation template. Additionally, you will configure a 30-day rotation of that secret.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

45m

Published

Dec 29, 2022

Challenge

Create a New Secret in Secrets Manager (with Secret Rotation)
- Create a secret for an RDS DB.
- Store the secrets (i.e., username/password).
- Set up secret rotation.
Challenge

Create a Reference to the Secret in the CloudFormation Template
- Select the lab-provided stack.
- Modify the template to reference the secret in Secrets Manager.
Challenge

Update CloudFormation Stack

Update the CloudFormation stack and verify the successful completion of the stack update.

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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