API key management
Database credentials
TLS/SSL certificates
Encryption key rotation
Compliance requirements
Security incident response
Service account management

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

// secrets-manager.js
const AWS = require("aws-sdk");
const crypto = require("crypto");

class SecretsManager {
  constructor() {
    this.secretsManager = new AWS.SecretsManager({
      region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
    });

    this.rotationSchedule = new Map();
  }

  /**
   * Generate new secret value
   */
  generateSecret(type = "api_key", length = 32) {
    switch (type) {
      case "api_key":
        return crypto.randomBytes(length).toString("hex");

      case "password":
        // Generate strong password
        const chars =
          "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*";
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide	Contents
Node.js Secrets Manager with Rotation	Node.js Secrets Manager with Rotation
Python Secrets Rotation with Vault	Python Secrets Rotation with Vault
Kubernetes Secrets Rotation	Kubernetes Secrets Rotation

Best Practices

✅ DO

Automate rotation
Use grace periods
Verify new secrets
Maintain rotation audit trail
Implement rollback procedures
Monitor rotation failures
Use managed services (AWS Secrets Manager)
Test rotation procedures

❌ DON'T

Hardcode secrets
Share secrets
Skip verification
Rotate without grace period
Ignore rotation failures
Store secrets in version control

secrets-rotation

Secrets Rotation

Table of Contents

Overview

When to Use