AWS CDK Ses Smtp Credentials

Generate SES smtp credentials for a user and store the credentials in a SecretsManager Secret.

Install

TypeScript

npm install @pepperize/cdk-ses-smtp-credentials

yarn add @pepperize/cdk-ses-smtp-credentials

Python

pip install pepperize.cdk-ses-smtp-credentials

C# / .Net

dotnet add package Pepperize.CDK.SesSmtpCredentials

Java

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.pepperize</groupId>
  <artifactId>cdk-ses-smtp-credentials</artifactId>
  <version>${cdkSesSmtpCredentials.version}</version>
</dependency>

Usage

npm install @pepperize/cdk-ses-smtp-credentials

See API.md.

Create AWS SES Smtp Credentials for a given user

Attaches an inline policy to the user allowing to send emails

import { User } from "@aws-cdk/aws-iam";
import { SesSmtpCredentials } from "@pepperize/cdk-ses-smtp-credentials";

const user = new User(stack, "SesUser", {
  userName: "ses-user",
});
const smtpCredentials = new SesSmtpCredentials(this, "SmtpCredentials", {
  user: user,
});

// smtpCredentials.secret contains json value {username: "<the generated access key id>", password: "<the calculated ses smtp password>"}

See API Reference - SesSmtpCredentials

Create AWS SES Smtp Credentials and create a new user

Attaches an inline policy to the user allowing to send emails

import { User } from "@aws-cdk/aws-iam";
import { SesSmtpCredentials } from "@pepperize/cdk-ses-smtp-credentials";

const smtpCredentials = new SesSmtpCredentials(this, "SmtpCredentials", {
  userName: "ses-user",
});

// smtpCredentials.secret contains json value {username: "<the generated access key id>", password: "<the calculated ses smtp password>"}

See API Reference - SesSmtpCredentials

Calculate the AWS SES Smtp password on your own

import * as AWS from "aws-sdk";
import { calculateSesSmtpPassword } from "@pepperize/cdk-ses-smtp-credentials";

const iam = new AWS.IAM();
const accessKey = await iam
  .createAccessKey({
    UserName: username,
  })
  .promise();
const accessKeyId = accessKey.AccessKey.AccessKeyId;
const secretAccessKey = accessKey.AccessKey.SecretAccessKey;

const password = calculateSesSmtpPassword(secretAccessKey, "us-east-1");

console.log({
  username: accessKeyId,
  password: password,
});