create_secret Method

Creates a new secret.

Syntax

def create_secret(secret_name: str, description: str) -> str: ...

Remarks

This method creates a new secret with the given SecretName. The secret data is taken from the specified local_file or the secret_data or secret_string property; it may be up to 65536 bytes in length. The Id of the initial secret version is returned.

The value passed for SecretName may be up to 512 characters long, and must consist solely of ASCII letters, digits, and the following characters: /_+=.@-.

The Description parameter is optional; it can be any string up to 2048 characters long.

If desired, the KMSKeyId configuration setting can be set before calling this method to specify the Amazon KMS CMK (customer master key) to use to encrypt the secret (by default, an AWS-managed one is used).