AWS Secrets Manager
- Last UpdatedOct 14, 2025
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The AWS Secrets Manager is used for storing, retrieving, and managing credentials, tokens, API keys, and other secrets. To store secrets in the manager:
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Open the Secrets Manager console.
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Select Store a new secret.
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Choose Other type of secret.
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Enter the secret key-value pairs (for example, database credentials).
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Configure the access permissions to allow EC2 instances to retrieve secrets.
For more detailed information, see AWS Secrets Manager.