Secrets Management

Summary

Storing credentials, API keys, and other sensitive values in a dedicated, access-controlled service rather than hardcoding them in configuration files or environment variables checked into version control.

• 1Store a sample secret in a managed secrets service and retrieve it programmatically.
• 2Learn why committing a secret to Git (even briefly) is a serious security incident, not a minor mistake.
• 3Understand secret rotation and why regularly changing credentials limits the damage of a leak.