Creating a Shared Secret

Constraints

• A user can create a maximum of 200 secrets.
• By default, the default key csms/default created by CSMS is used as the encryption key of the current secret. You can also create a user-defined symmetric key and use a user-defined encryption key on the KMS console.

Creating a Secret

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Cloud Secret Management Service.
3. Click Create Secret. Configure parameters in the Create Secret dialog box,. For details, see Table 1.

   Table 1 Secret parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Type	Secret type. The default value is Shared secret.
   Secret Name	Secret name NOTE: Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are supported.
   Enterprise Project	Enterprise project that the secret is to be bound to
   Secret Value	Secret key/value pair and the plaintext secret to be encrypted
   Description	Description of a secret
   KMS Encryption Key	Select the default key csms/default or a custom key created on KMS. NOTE: CSMS encrypts private keys using the encryption key provided by KMS. When you use the KMS encryption function of the key pair, KMS creates a default key csms/default for you to use. For details about the custom keys created on KMS, see .

4. Click Next and set the rotation period.
5. Click Next and confirm the creation information.
6. Click OK.

   In the secret list, you can view the created secrets. The default status of a secret is Enabled.