# Secret for aws rds

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/secret-for-aws-rds/20346>\
**Category:** Terraform\
**Created:** [January 30, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/secret-for-aws-rds/20346 "2021-01-30T08:13:23Z")\
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How do I create a new secret of type “Credentials for RDS databases” in AWS secret manager.  
I know about the “Resource: aws\_secretsmanager\_secret” but I don’t see any option to provide type and then RDS information to create the secret.  
Thanks.