A team is integrating a popular service’s toolkit into a script that sets up new environments. Authentication to the service often fails, and credentials have been stored in the script. What could help reduce these errors?
Implement short-lived tokens from the provider’s identity system for every run
Embed passwords in environment variables shared across the entire server
Include static credentials in the script and rely on internal network security
Avoid the service’s authentication by sending deployment requests from another network
Short-lived tokens from the provider’s identity service help keep credentials out of code and make them less susceptible to misuse. Storing credentials in environment variables may still expose them in certain logs or process listings. Hard-coding or bypassing checks are risky approaches that do not effectively address authentication issues.
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