Psst... Secrets Handling for Cloud-Native Apps - Part 2

Episode • Jan 8, 2020 • 46m

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

AWS offers not one, but two, managed services for secrets management. Systems Manager Parameter Store and AWS Secrets Manager have similar functionality, making it sometimes confusing to know which to use. We compare and contrast the two services to help guide your choice.
The three types of sensitive data injection supported by Elastic Container Service (ECS).
Understanding when sensitive data is injected into the container and how to handle updates to secrets (such as credential rotation).
The required configuration changes and IAM permissions you need to enable ECS integration with Parameter Store and Secrets Manager.
A walkthrough of the specific steps you need to take to update your ECS application to support secrets integration.

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