AWS SSM Parameter Store

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
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]"
  - name: prefix
    value: "[secret_name]"

Spec metadata fields

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.

Related links

• Secrets building block
• How-To: Retrieve a secret
• How-To: Reference secrets in Dapr components
• Secrets API reference
• Authenticating to AWS