# Using Amazon Secrets Manager and Amazon Systems Manager Parameter Store
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This topic provides a brief introduction of Amazon Secrets Manager and Amazon Systems Manager Parameter Store, pricing information, and references to learn more about creating and retrieving secrets, using both the console and programmatic options.

**About Secrets Manager**  
Amazon Secrets Manager helps you manage, retrieve, and rotate secrets throughout their lifecycles. Examples of secret data you can manage include database credentials, application credentials, OAuth tokens, and API keys. Secrets Manager enables you to configure an automatic rotation schedule for your secrets.

**About Systems Manager Parameter Store**  
Parameter Store is a tool in Amazon Systems Manager. It provides secure, hierarchical storage for configuration data management and secrets management. You can manage important configuration data as parameter values. Examples of data that you can manage with Parameter Store includes Amazon Machine Image (AMI) IDs, license codes, passwords, and database strings.

**Pricing**  
Standard charges apply for using Secrets Manager and Systems Manager Parameter Store. For more information about pricing, see the following websites:  
[Amazon Secrets Manager pricing](https://www.amazonaws.cn/secrets-manager/pricing)
[Amazon Systems Manager pricing](https://www.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/pricing/) (select *Parameter Store* from the content list)

**Topics**
+ [Using Secrets Manager to create and retrieve secrets](#AWSHowTo.secrets.Secrets-Manager)
+ [Using Systems Manager Parameter Store to create and retrieve parameters](#AWSHowTo.secrets.SSM-parmameter-store)

## Using Secrets Manager to create and retrieve secrets
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You can create and retrieve Secrets Manager secrets using the Amazon Secrets Manager console, the Amazon CLI, or the Amazon SDK. Refer to the following resources to learn more about different methods to create and retrieve Secrets Manager secrets.

**Creating secrets**
+ Console – [Create an Amazon Secrets Manager secret (console)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.html) in the *Amazon Secrets Manager User Guide* 
+ Amazon CLI – [AmazonCLI](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.html#create_secret_cli) in the *Amazon Secrets Manager User Guide* 
+ Amazon SDK – [Amazon SDK](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/create_secret.html#create_secret_sdk) in the *Amazon Secrets Manager User Guide* 

**Retrieving secrets**
+ Console – [Get a secret value (console)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/retrieving-secrets-console.html) in the *Amazon Secrets Manager User Guide*
+ Amazon CLI – [Get a secret value (Amazon CLI)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/retrieving-secrets_cli.html) in the *Amazon Secrets Manager User Guide*
+ Amazon SDK – [Code examples for Secrets Manager using Amazon SDKs ](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/code-library/latest/ug/secrets-manager_code_examples.html) in the *Amazon SDK Code Examples Code Library*
+ Other methods – [Get secrets from Amazon Secrets Manager](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/retrieving-secrets.html) in the *Amazon Secrets Manager User Guide* 

For more information about Amazon Secrets Manager, see [What is Amazon Secrets Manager?](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/intro.html) in the *Amazon Secrets Manager User Guide*.

## Using Systems Manager Parameter Store to create and retrieve parameters
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You can create and retrieve Parameter Store parameters using the Amazon Systems Manager console, the Amazon CLI, or the Amazon SDK. Refer to the following resources to learn more about different methods to create and retrieve Parameter Store parameters.

**Creating parameters**
+ Console – [Create a Systems Manager parameter (console)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/latest/userguide/parameter-create-console.html) in the *Amazon Systems Manager User Guide*
+ Amazon CLI – [Create a Systems Manager parameter (Amazon CLI)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/latest/userguide/param-create-cli.html) in the *Amazon Systems Manager User Guide*
+ Amazon SDK – [Use PutParameter with an Amazon SDK or Amazon CLI](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/code-library/latest/ug/ssm_example_ssm_PutParameter_section.html) in the *Amazon SDK Code Examples Code Library*

**Retrieving parameters**
+ Console – [Searching for a parameter (console)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/latest/userguide/parameter-search.html#parameter-search-console) in the *Amazon Systems Manager User Guide*
+ Amazon CLI – [Use GetParameter with an Amazon SDK or Amazon CLI](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/code-library/latest/ug/ssm_example_ssm_GetParameter_section.html) in the *Amazon SDK Code Examples Code Library*
+ Amazon SDK – [Use GetParameter with an Amazon SDK or Amazon CLI](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/code-library/latest/ug/ssm_example_ssm_GetParameter_section.html) in the *Amazon SDK Code Examples Code Library*

For more information, see [Amazon Systems Manager Parameter Store](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-parameter-store.html) in the *Amazon Systems Manager User Guide*.