tessl install github:giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill aws-sdk-java-v2-secrets-managergithub.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit
AWS Secrets Manager patterns using AWS SDK for Java 2.x. Use when storing/retrieving secrets (passwords, API keys, tokens), rotating secrets automatically, managing database credentials, or integrating secret management into Spring Boot applications.
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<dependency>
<groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
<artifactId>secretsmanager</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- For secret caching (recommended for production) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws.secretsmanager</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-secretsmanager-caching-java</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version> // Use the sdk v2 compatible version
</dependency>implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:secretsmanager'
implementation 'com.amazonaws.secretsmanager:aws-secretsmanager-caching-java:2.0.0import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.SecretsManagerClient;
SecretsManagerClient secretsClient = SecretsManagerClient.builder()
.region(Region.US_EAST_1)
.build();import software.amazon.awssdk.services.secretsmanager.model.*;
public String createSecret(String secretName, String secretValue) {
CreateSecretRequest request = CreateSecretRequest.builder()
.name(secretName)
.secretString(secretValue)
.build();
CreateSecretResponse response = secretsClient.createSecret(request);
return response.arn();
}public String getSecretValue(String secretName) {
GetSecretValueRequest request = GetSecretValueRequest.builder()
.secretId(secretName)
.build();
GetSecretValueResponse response = secretsClient.getSecretValue(request);
return response.secretString();
}createSecret()getSecretValue()updateSecret()deleteSecret()listSecrets()restoreSecret()versionIdrotateSecret()import com.amazonaws.secretsmanager.caching.SecretCache;
public class CachedSecrets {
private final SecretCache cache;
public CachedSecrets(SecretsManagerClient secretsClient) {
this.cache = new SecretCache(secretsClient);
}
public String getCachedSecret(String secretName) {
return cache.getSecretString(secretName);
}
}import com.amazonaws.secretsmanager.caching.SecretCacheConfiguration;
SecretCacheConfiguration config = SecretCacheConfiguration.builder()
.maxCacheSize(1000)
.cacheItemTTL(3600000) // 1 hour
.build();@Configuration
public class SecretsManagerConfiguration {
@Bean
public SecretsManagerClient secretsManagerClient() {
return SecretsManagerClient.builder()
.region(Region.of(region))
.build();
}
@Bean
public SecretCache secretCache(SecretsManagerClient secretsClient) {
return new SecretCache(secretsClient);
}
}@Service
public class SecretsService {
private final SecretCache cache;
public SecretsService(SecretCache cache) {
this.cache = cache;
}
public <T> T getSecretAsObject(String secretName, Class<T> type) {
String secretJson = cache.getSecretString(secretName);
return objectMapper.readValue(secretJson, type);
}
}@Configuration
public class DatabaseConfiguration {
@Bean
public DataSource dataSource(SecretsService secretsService) {
Map<String, String> credentials = secretsService.getSecretAsMap(
"prod/database/credentials");
HikariConfig config = new HikariConfig();
config.setJdbcUrl(credentials.get("url"));
config.setUsername(credentials.get("username"));
config.setPassword(credentials.get("password"));
return new HikariDataSource(config);
}
}{
"engine": "postgres",
"host": "mydb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com",
"port": 5432,
"username": "admin",
"password": "MySecurePassword123!",
"dbname": "mydatabase",
"url": "jdbc:postgresql://mydb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/mydatabase"
}{
"api_key": "abcd1234-5678-90ef-ghij-klmnopqrstuv",
"api_secret": "MySecretKey123!",
"api_token": "Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9..."
}try {
String secret = secretsClient.getSecretValue(request).secretString();
} catch (SecretsManagerException e) {
if (e.awsErrorDetails().errorCode().equals("ResourceNotFoundException")) {
// Handle missing secret
}
throw e;
}List<String> secretNames = List.of("secret1", "secret2", "secret3");
Map<String, String> secrets = secretNames.stream()
.collect(Collectors.toMap(
Function.identity(),
name -> cache.getSecretString(name)
));Secret Management:
Caching:
Security:
Performance:
Spring Boot Integration:
@Value annotations for secret names@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
class SecretsServiceTest {
@Mock
private SecretCache cache;
@InjectMocks
private SecretsService secretsService;
@Test
void shouldGetSecret() {
when(cache.getSecretString("test-secret")).thenReturn("secret-value");
String result = secretsService.getSecret("test-secret");
assertEquals("secret-value", result);
}
}@SpringBootTest(classes = TestSecretsConfiguration.class)
class SecretsManagerIntegrationTest {
@Autowired
private SecretsService secretsService;
@Test
void shouldRetrieveSecret() {
String secret = secretsService.getSecret("test-secret");
assertNotNull(secret);
}
}# Check secret exists
aws secretsmanager describe-secret --secret-id my-secret
# List all secrets
aws secretsmanager list-secrets
# Get secret value (CLI)
aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id my-secretFor detailed information and advanced patterns, see:
aws-sdk-java-v2-core - Core AWS SDK patterns and best practicesaws-sdk-java-v2-kms - KMS encryption and key managementspring-boot-dependency-injection - Spring dependency injection patterns