# How Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow uses AWS Secrets Manager
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Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow is a managed orchestration service for [Apache Airflow](https://airflow.apache.org/) that makes it easier to setup and operate end-to-end data pipelines in the cloud at scale. 

You can configure an Apache Airflow connection using a Secrets Manager secret. For more information, see [Configuring an Apache Airflow connection using a Secrets Manager secret](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mwaa/latest/userguide/connections-secrets-manager.html) and [Using a secret key in AWS Secrets Manager for an Apache Airflow variable](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mwaa/latest/userguide/samples-secrets-manager-var.html) in the *Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow User Guide*.