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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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