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openbao

An open-source fork of HashiCorp Vault, providing secrets management, dynamic credentials, and Kubernetes authentication.

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Project Overview

OpenBao is an open-source fork of HashiCorp Vault, maintained by the community under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 after Vault's license changed to BSL in 2023.

Key Features

  • Secrets management, storage, and distribution
  • Dynamic credentials generation
  • Kubernetes authentication
  • Certificate and key management
  • Raft consensus for HA cluster deployment

Target Audience

  • DevOps engineers who need secrets management
  • Vault users who don't want to use BSL-licensed software
  • Organizations seeking open-source alternatives

Quick Start

  1. Download from GitHub Releases
  2. See the OpenBao documentation for deployment
  3. Configure a Raft cluster (recommended for production)
  4. Start managing secrets

Core Advantages

  • Open-source alternative to Vault
  • API compatible with Vault
  • MPL 2.0 licensed
  • Community-driven development

System Requirements

  • OS: Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)
  • Architectures: x86_64, arm64
  • Additional Dependencies: None

Notes

  • OpenBao is a community-maintained fork of Vault

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