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Secrets Management with AWS Secrets Manager and Terraform

Focus on Terraform secret-handling patterns on AWS using Secrets Manager, state inspection, and ephemeral-friendly workflows instead of unrelated Vault transit features.

45 minutes
infrastructure/terraform
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Lab Overview

Create and version AWS Secrets Manager secrets with Terraform, inspect how data sources expose plaintext values through state, and finish with Terraform patterns that reduce persistence of sensitive data.

You'll learn to:

  • Create and version a secret in AWS Secrets Manager with Terraform
  • Read a secret through a Terraform data source and inspect where the value is persisted
  • Explain why `sensitive = true` redacts output but does not encrypt state
  • Use Terraform's newer secret-handling patterns to keep sensitive values out of state
  • Compare AWS-native secrets workflows with the broader guidance taught in section 12

What You'll Learn

Create an AWS Secrets Manager secret and add a secret version with Terraform

Read an existing secret with a Terraform data source and observe the value in state

Explain why sensitive outputs do not prevent secret persistence in state

Apply a safer Terraform pattern for secrets so the plaintext value is not persisted

Prerequisites

Terraform state management fundamentals

Basic familiarity with AWS IAM and Secrets Manager

Technologies Covered

terraformawssecrets-managementsecrets-managerstateephemeral

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the Secrets Management with AWS Secrets Manager and Terraform course

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