Secret Manager

Secret tokens play a crucial role in securing access to an observability product. Secret tokens are user sensitive data that is stored in an encrypted format. A secret manager stores and manages sensitive information known as secrets. It ensures confidentiality, integrity, and controlled access of secrets. You can use it in token manager as a variable using "$".

Configuring a token used in OAUTH2 generates an access token and refresh token to access the particular endpoint and get response from it.

Adding a secret

  1. Navigate to Synthetic Monitoring on the left pane in the Observability portal.
  2. Click the Secret manager tab.
  3. Click + Add secret.
  4. In the Add secret window fill in the following fields.
FieldDescription
Secret typeSelect a category of the secret token from the drop-down list.
Alias name (Key)Name for an alias that is being stored and protected.
ValueThe data that is stored for the secret in an encrypted format to ensure its confidentiality.
VisibilityThe access control settings that determine who can view and retrieve the secrets stored within the manager.
  1. Click Save.
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You can enter a secret in the Search secret field and click the    icon to search for an existing secret.

Viewing secrets

  1. Navigate to Synthetic Monitoring on the left pane in the Observability portal.
  2. Click the Secret manager tab.

The following dashboard with all the existing secrets are displayed.

Secret Manager dashboard
Column NameDescription
Secret typeSupported secret types are
  • CLIENT ID
  • CLIENT CREDENTIALS
  • ACCESS URL
  • SCOPE
  • AUDIENCE
  • RESOURCE
Alias nameName for an alias that is being stored and protected.
VisibilityThe access control settings that determine who can view and retrieve the secrets stored within the manager.
Last modifiedThe date on which the secret was last modified.
Created onThe date on which the secret was created.
Action itemsClick the edit    or the delete    icon to edit or delete the secret token.
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A secret may or may not be linked to a token. If a secret is linked to a token or tokens, you must first update the token or tokens and then delete the secret.