Creating secrets in CodeCatalyst for sensitive data - Amazon CodeCatalyst
Example: Creating AWS access key and ID

Creating secrets in CodeCatalyst for sensitive data

As a developer, you might have API keys, secrets, or tokens. You can create secrets to use sensitive data in your workflows. The action is the main building block of a CodeCatalyst workflow and used by the workflow to integrate the action within the workflow itself. values shouldn't be used directly in any workflow definitions because they will be visible as files in your repository. With CodeCatalyst, you can protect these values by adding a secret to your project, and then referencing the secret in your workflow definition file. For more information, see Creating a secret. To learn more about workflows and actions, see Working with workflows and Working with actions.

Example: Creating AWS access key and ID

In this example, two secrets are created: AWS access key ID and an AWS secret access key that will be passed to the action.

To create secrets

  1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose CI/CD, and then choose Secrets.

  3. Choose Create secret.

  4. Enter the following information:

    For Name, enter AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID. This is the name for your secret.

    For Value, enter AWS Access Key ID. Enter the value for the secret. This is the sensitive information that you want to hide from view. By default, the value is not displayed. To display the value, choose Show value.

    (Optional) For Description, enter a description for your secret.

  5. Choose Create. The secret can later be accessed using the reference ID ($(Secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)).

  6. Choose Create secret to create a second secret.

  7. Enter the following information:

    For Name, enter AWS_ACCESS_KEY. This is the name for your secret.

    For Value, enter AWS Secrets Access Key. Enter the value for the secret. This is the sensitive information that you want to hide from view. By default, the value is not displayed. To display the value, choose Show value.

    (Optional) For Description, enter a description for your secret.

  8. Choose Create. The secret can later be accessed using the reference ID ($(Secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)).