OpenSSF project
OpenBao
A community-governed, open source secrets management platform for storing, rotating, and brokering access to secrets, credentials, tokens, and cryptographic keys.
How each persona uses OpenBao
Software Developer / Maintainer Developer
Uses OpenBao APIs to securely fetch database credentials and API keys without hardcoding them into source code.
Open Source Professional (OSPO) OSPO
Promotes OpenBao as the standard, open-source-governed solution for managing secrets across the organization's projects.
Security Engineer / Architect Security
Designs centralized secrets management architectures using OpenBao to enforce strict access controls and credential rotation.
CI/CD DevOps & Tooling Integrator DevOps
Integrates OpenBao to securely inject ephemeral credentials into CI/CD pipelines during automated builds and deployments.
Package & Repository Manager Package Manager
Utilizes OpenBao to manage secrets and signing keys, ensuring the untampered and trusted distribution of packages.
Executive / End-User Consumer Executive
Ensures regulatory compliance and software sovereignty through a community-governed secrets management solution, mitigating risks associated with vendor lock-in and licensing shifts.
Problems OpenBao helps with
Secrets Management Secrets
Stores, rotates, and brokers access to credentials and signing keys so they never get hardcoded or leaked.