Securely storing passwords in the cloud is essential for web applications. Secrets Manager is the best way to store and access usernames and passwords in AWS, and in this video I walk through how to create and work with these secrets. Watch this video for more details!

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Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
1:04 Previous methods of credential storing in AWS
2:43 AWS Secrets Manager
4:22 Database credential rotation
6:57 Creating a secret in the Web Console
11:13 Retrieving a secret in JavaScript
12:16 Retrieving a secret with the AWS CLI
16:26 Final thoughts

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