AWS SSM Parameter Store

Detailed information on the AWS SSM Parameter Store - secret store component

Component format

To setup AWS SSM Parameter Store secret store create a component of type secretstores.aws.parameterstore. See this guide on how to create and apply a secretstore configuration. See this guide on referencing secrets to retrieve and use the secret with Dapr components.

See Authenticating to AWS for information about authentication-related attributes.

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: awsparameterstore
  namespace: default
spec:
  type: secretstores.aws.parameterstore
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: region
    value: "[aws_region]"
  - name: accessKey
    value: "[aws_access_key]"
  - name: secretKey
    value: "[aws_secret_key]"
  - name: sessionToken
    value: "[aws_session_token]"

Spec metadata fields

FieldRequiredDetailsExample
regionYThe specific AWS region the AWS SSM Parameter Store instance is deployed in"us-east-1"
accessKeyYThe AWS Access Key to access this resource"key"
secretKeyYThe AWS Secret Access Key to access this resource"secretAccessKey"
sessionTokenNThe AWS session token to use"sessionToken"

Create an AWS SSM Parameter Store instance

Setup AWS SSM Parameter Store using the AWS documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-parameter-store.html.