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| 1 | +# AWS Secrets Manager Plugin |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +The AWS Advanced NodeJS Wrapper supports usage of database credentials stored as secrets in the [AWS Secrets Manager](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/) through the AWS Secrets Manager Connection Plugin. When you create a new connection with this plugin enabled, the plugin will retrieve the secret and the connection will be created with the credentials inside that secret. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Prerequisites |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +- This plugin requires the following packages to be installed: |
| 8 | + - [@aws-sdk/client-secrets-manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/Package/-aws-sdk-client-secrets-manager/) |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## Enabling the AWS Secrets Manager Connection Plugin |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +To enable the AWS Secrets Manager Connection Plugin, add the plugin code `secretsManager` to the [`plugins`](../UsingTheNodejsWrapper.md#connection-plugin-manager-parameters) connection parameter. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +This plugin requires a valid set of AWS credentials to retrieve the database credentials from AWS Secrets Manager. The AWS credentials must be located in [one of these locations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/Package/-aws-sdk-credential-providers/#fromNodeProviderChain) supported by the AWS SDK's default credentials provider. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## AWS Secrets Manager Connection Plugin Parameters |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +The following properties are required for the AWS Secrets Manager Connection Plugin to retrieve database credentials from the AWS Secrets Manager. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +> [!NOTE] |
| 21 | +> To use this plugin, you will need to set the following AWS Secrets Manager specific parameters. |
| 22 | +
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| 23 | +| Parameter | Value | Required | Description | Example | Default Value | |
| 24 | +| ---------------- | :----: | :------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------- | ------------- | |
| 25 | +| `secretId` | String | Yes | Set this value to be the secret name or the secret ARN. | `secretId` | `null` | |
| 26 | +| `secretRegion` | String | No | Set this value to be the region your secret is in. | `us-east-2` | `us-east-1` | |
| 27 | +| `secretEndpoint` | String | No | Set this value to be the endpoint override to retrieve your secret from. This parameter value should be in the form of a URL, with a valid protocol (ex. `https://`) and domain (ex. `localhost`). A port number is not required. | `https://localhost:1234` | `null` | |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +> [!NOTE] |
| 30 | +> A Secret ARN has the following format: `arn:aws:secretsmanager:<Region>:<AccountId>:secret:SecretName-6RandomCharacters` |
| 31 | +
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| 32 | +## Secret Data |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +The plugin assumes that the secret contains the following properties `username` and `password`. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +### Example |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Examples of making a connection using credentials fetched from the AWS Secrets Manager can be found at: |
| 39 | +[PostgreSQL example](../../../examples/aws_driver_example/aws_secrets_manager_postgresql_example.ts) and [MySQL example](../../../examples/aws_driver_example/aws_secrets_manager_mysql_example.ts) |
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