Configuring AWS Key Management Service and Secrets Manager

Secrets Manager is an encrypted and secure key-value store where you can save any information you would like to keep secret. It integrates natively into a wide range of AWS services, including most of their database platforms, such as RDS and DocumentDB. It can automate password rotation and sync the changes to your databases to ensure your application is disrupted.

A common problem that is resolved using AWS Secrets Manager is storing database passwords within the application or in text files that can easily be accessed by unauthorized users. You can store the database passwords in AWS Secrets Manager and use the AWS CLI to retrieve them. These passwords can be changed on an automatic schedule and will update both the passwords stored with AWS Secrets Manager, as well as within the RDS databases. To allow your application to obtain these passwords from Secrets Manager, you will need to modify the code to allow your application...