**To add a resource-based policy to a secret** The following example shows how to add a resource-based policy to a secret. The policy is read from a file on disk and must contain a valid JSON policy document. For more information, see `Resource-based Policies` in the *Secrets Manager User Guide*. .. _`Resource-based Policies`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/auth-and-access_overview.html#auth-and-access_resource-policies:: aws secretsmanager put-resource-policy --secret-id MyTestDatabaseMasterSecret \ --resource-policy file://mysecretpolicy.json The output shows the following: :: { "ARN": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestDatabaseSecret-a1b2c3", "Name": "MyTestDatabaseSecret" }