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Secret Manager: secure storage for sensitive data e.g passwords.

Google Secret Manager

API keys are easy to "leak" or compromise, so best to not only use the restrictions presented to you when you create them but physically protect them as well. Don't code them in plain-text, don't check them into GitHub, etc. Store them in a secure database or use a service like GCP Secret Manager.

I've been looking at Google Secret Manager which sounds promising but I've not been able to find any examples or tutorials that help with the actual practical details of best practice or getting this working. I'm currently reading about Cloud Functions which also sound promising but again, I'm just going deeper and deeper into GCP without feeling like I'm gaining any useful insights.

In this post, I described how to build secure GitHub Actions workflows by pull_request_target event instead of pull_request event. Using pull_request_target, you can prevent malicious codes from being executed in CI. And by managing secrets in secrets management services such as AWS Secrets Manager and Google Secret Manager and access them via OIDC, you can restrict the access to secrets securely. To migrate pull_request to pull_request_target, several modifications are needed. And pull_request_target has a drawback that it's difficult to test changes of workflows, so it's good to introduce pull_request_target to repositories that require strong permissions in CI. For example, a Terraform Monorepo tends to require strong permissions for CI, so it's good to introduce pull_request_target to it.

If you want to make these secrets more secure and get versioning and access logs for them, you may want to switch to Secret Manager later on. They can still be exposed as environment variables to your code. It's a little more setup work, so start with the simple approach at the top.

https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/

You should look into Infisical: https://github.com/Infisical/infisical

Disclaimer: I’m one of the founders.

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I'm biased (co-founder) but you should take a look at Infisical for secret management: https://infisical.com

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Check out Infisical: https://infisical.com

We help developers manage API keys, DB access tokens, certificates, and other types of secrets across all of their infrastructure – providing smooth native integrations with k8s, terraform, github actions, any local development setup, and much more.

Disclaimer: I'm one of the founders.

Infisical is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted secret management platform for storing, managing, and syncing application configuration and secrets like API keys, database credentials, and environment variables across applications and infrastructure. It is an alternative to HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager.

Check out Infisical: https://github.com/Infisical/infisical

Disclaimer: I'm one of the founders

Infisical- Open source, end-to-end encrypted platform that lets you securely manage secrets and configs across your team, devices, and infrastructure.

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