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How to retrieve a secret in terraform from aws secret manager

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[pabloxio (top answer)] Here is an example. By default, aws_secretsmanager_secret_version retrieves information based on the AWSCURRENT label (a.k.a. the latest version): ``` data "aws_secretsmanager_secret" "secrets" { arn = "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:123456789012:secret - my_secrety_name-123456" } data "aws_secretsmanager_secret_version" "current" { secret_id [your value] } ``` And use data.aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.current.secret_string to get the secret. If you want to retrieve a specific value inside that secret like DATABASE_URL you can use the built-in function jsondecode: ``` jsondecode(data.aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.current.secret_string)["DATABASE_URL"] ```

Context: Stack Overflow #62328683 (top answer, 82 votes, 4 answers): I have a secret stored in secrets manager to which I have access to the arn. I want to retrieve the value from this arn and use it in terraform how can I achieve this? I found this from terraform website ``` data "aws_secretsmanager_secret" "by-arn" { arn = "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:123456789012:secret - example-123456" } ``` How do I then retrieve the value? Meaning what is the "get-value" equivalent in terraform for an EC2 isntance?

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