How to store (or Not) your DB password in AWS

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4 years ago

This blog post covers a few essential concepts and techniques for managing secrets. It includes:

- How to (or not to) store your DB creds - How to use SSM Parameter Store - How to store and rotate your RDS DB password with AWS Secrets Manager - How to interact with your RDS DB without a password using IAM authentication

All the examples are written with Terraform and NodeJS : https://dev.to/aws-builders/how-to-store-or-not-your-db-password-in-aws-492c.

I hope you enjoy the article. I would love to hear your feedback and what you would do differently .