# How to populate credentials from a secrets store

**URL:** https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-populate-credentials-from-a-secrets-store/162
**Category:** Archive
**Tags:** help-wanted, how-to
**Created:** [May 27, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-populate-credentials-from-a-secrets-store/162 "2020-05-27T20:25:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![kyle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.greatexpectations.io/kyle/32/18_2.png) [@kyle](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/kyle)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-populate-credentials-from-a-secrets-store/162/1 "2020-05-27T20:25:06Z")

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This article is for comments to: [https://docs.greatexpectations.io/en/latest/how\_to\_guides/configuring\_data\_contexts/how\_to\_populate\_credentials\_from\_a\_secrets\_store.html](https://docs.greatexpectations.io/en/latest/how_to_guides/configuring_data_contexts/how_to_populate_credentials_from_a_secrets_store.html)

Please comment +1 if this How to is important to you.

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### Author: ![carlo-latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@carlo-latch](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/carlo-latch)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-populate-credentials-from-a-secrets-store/162/2 "2020-07-14T19:33:09Z")

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+1 it would be great to be able to use AWS secret manager rather than storing credentials that can access sensitive data in a text file

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### Author: ![ravi77o](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.greatexpectations.io/ravi77o/32/111_2.png) [@ravi77o](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/ravi77o)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-populate-credentials-from-a-secrets-store/162/3 "2021-01-15T17:46:36Z")

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+1 Is it possible to be define a generic callback function that provides the credentials?

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### Author: ![benyart](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.greatexpectations.io/benyart/32/113_2.png) [@benyart](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/benyart)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-populate-credentials-from-a-secrets-store/162/4 "2021-02-14T00:37:06Z")

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+1 would love to understand how to accomplish this