An Inside Look At AWS Secrets Manager vs AWS Systems Manager Parameter Stor

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In this article we explore the similarities and differences between AWS Secrets Manager and AWS Systems Manager Parameter store. What is AWS Secrets Manager?

Both AWS Secrets Manager and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store use AWS KMS to encrypt values.

So the ability to easily encrypt your secrets is a huge feature for both Parameter Store and Secrets Manager.

Values are referenceable in CloudFormation templates in both Parameter Store or Secrets Manager, so you don’t have to hard code your secrets!

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