**To add a resource-based policy to a secret** The following ``put-resource-policy`` example adds a permissions policy to a secret, checking first that the policy does not provide broad access to the secret. The policy is read from a file. For more information, see `Loading AWS CLI parameters from a file `__ in the *AWS CLI User Guide*. :: aws secretsmanager put-resource-policy \ --secret-id MyTestSecret \ --resource-policy file://mypolicy.json \ --block-public-policy Contents of ``mypolicy.json``:: { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/MyRole" }, "Action": "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue", "Resource": "*" } ] } Output:: { "ARN": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:MyTestSecret-a1b2c3", "Name": "MyTestSecret" } For more information, see `Attach a permissions policy to a secret `__ in the *Secrets Manager User Guide*.