What Is Secrets Management?
The practice of securely storing, distributing, and rotating sensitive credentials like API keys, database passwords, and tokens within development environments.
Definition
The practice of securely storing, distributing, and rotating sensitive credentials like API keys, database passwords, and tokens within development environments.
CDEs integrate with secrets managers (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault) to inject credentials at runtime without exposing them in code, environment files, or workspace templates.
Where This Fits
This term is covered in depth on CDE Secrets Management.
Secrets management guide for CDEs: HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager. Dynamic credentials and rotation.