AWS/Secrets Manager/Secret/SecretString
- The AWS/Secrets Manager/Secret field holding one raw string, no internal structure — an API key, OAuth token, certificate, private key. AWS's console calls this the Plaintext tab. Answer/Official from Create an AWS Secrets Manager secret: "choose Other type of secret. In Key/value pairs, either enter your secret in JSON Key/value pairs, or choose the Plaintext tab and enter the secret in any format."
- codekiln's term for this: single-valued.
- Setting it: console → Store a new secret → Other type of secret → Plaintext tab. CLI →
aws secretsmanager create-secret --name <name> --secret-string '<raw value>' with any non-JSON string. (Create an AWS Secrets Manager secret) - Accepted values: any string, up to 64 KB. CreateSecret API reference: "Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 65536." Compare AWS/Secrets Manager/Secret/KeyValue — the same field, holding a JSON object instead of a bare string.