July 14, 2023 | 8 min read
Automate RDS Secret management using AWS Secret Manager
Learn how to manage RDS credentials securely using AWS Secrets Manager. Discover the benefits of using Secrets Manager, including automatic password rotation, fine-grained access control, and audit logs. Explore the different methods of storing RDS secrets, including plain text, environment variables, encrypted files, and Secrets Manager. Follow a step-by-step guide to automate the process of creating and rotating RDS secrets using Terraform.