Introducing pre-fetching and IAM role assumption for AWS Secrets Manager Agent
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This article announces new capabilities for AWS Secrets Manager Agent: pre-fetching secrets at startup and IAM role assumption for secret retrieval.
- Pre-fetch secrets at startup using secret lists or tag values to reduce latency
- Cache secrets using BatchGetSecretValue API for cost optimization
- Assume IAM roles to retrieve secrets from different accounts
- Specify role ARN in pre-fetch configuration or HTTP requests
- Simplifies multi-account architectures with per-secret role specification
- Available in all AWS Regions where Secrets Manager operates
These enhancements improve security through role-based access and reduce startup latency by batching secret retrieval operations.
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