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Pass secrets straight to Lambda like we can with Fargate
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Description
### Name of the resource
AWS::Lambda::Function
### Resource name
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### Description
Just like how in Fargate, a [ContainerDefinition can pass secrets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-ecs-taskdefinition-containerdefinitions.html#cfn-ecs-taskdefinition-containerdefinition-secrets) straight into environment variables that are otherwise hidden from view, it would be super helpful if Lambda could have the same.
Rather than make a Lambda talk to SecretsManager, and hurting latency, it could just receive secrets by virtue of how it's been configured. If it can work for Fargate, I wonder why it couldn't for Lambda?
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Research direction
Start with the AWS::Lambda::Function resource and compare the requested behavior with the linked Fargate ContainerDefinition secrets support and AWS Secrets Manager. Define the supported configuration and its security and latency behavior; done means the Lambda resource can pass configured secrets into environment variables without requiring application-side retrieval.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws
- Domain
- cloud
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100