Welcome to the OpenSSF family, OpenBao Project! 
#OpenBao is a new sandbox project focused on secure secrets and encryption management—originally forked from Vault & now evolving to serve open source communities even better.
Read the blog: https://openssf.org/blog/2025/06/17/openbao-joins-the-openssf-to-advance-secure-secrets-management-in-open-source/
Hold the presses! #OpenBao adds "Namespaces" to its secret manager, enabling isolated environments for your secrets. 
Finally, a solution to the problem of "Where did I put my secrets again?" 
Thanks, OpenBao, for making secret management feel like a game of hide-and-seek with a twist! 
https://openbao.org/blog/namespaces-announcement/ #Namespaces #SecretManagement #IsolatedEnvironments #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated
OpenBAO (Vault open-source fork) Namespaces
https://openbao.org/blog/namespaces-announcement/
#ycombinator #openbao #secrets_management #open_source #linux_foundation #encryption_as_aservice #key_management_system #pki #transit #ssh #secret_vault #database_passwords
....aaaaaand #OpenBao (the fork of #Hashicorp #Vault) is on its way to @opensuse #Tumbleweed in the latest version 2.2.1. Since 2.2.0 the webui is included in OpenBao, so this can be a full replacement for Vault!
Looking forward to doing more testing with it!
In case you want to try it out, here is a #vagrant #libvirt setup using #Ansible to prepare an OpenBao server VM and a client using a secret.
https://codeberg.org/johanneskastl/openbao_vagrant_libvirt_ansible
Uuuuuuuh, #OpenBao (the open source fork of #Hashicorp #Vault) just released version 2.2.0 and now includes the UI, that was missing so far.
The package for @opensuse was adapted, tested and worked out fine. Will soon be available in #Tumbleweed!
If you want to test this out, feel free to use this vagrant-libvirt setup of mine:
https://codeberg.org/johanneskastl/openbao_vagrant_libvirt_ansible
I can’t believe how HashiCorp has fumbled the bag lately! It’s really disheartening to see a company that once had such promise in the open-source software space lose its way. It’s a reminder of how important it is to stay true to your values.
On a brighter note, I’m excited about the release of OpenBao! It’s an open-source fork of Hashi Vault, and it really has the potential to fill the gap left by HashiCorp. Check it out here: https://openbao.org/!
#OpenBao #open-source #Hashi #vault #FOSS
@daniel1820815 #OpenBao is the open source fork of Vault if you go that direction. In general, I look at the potential threats first. Inside of the container, the secret will be available, and the host has access to the container.
The advantage of tools like Vault is central storage/access to those secrets, and the ability to continuously and automatically rotate those secrets. But the latter needs support from all parts of the application.
How do you handle your secrets? #IaC #devops #ansible #terraform #opentofu #vault #openbao #bitwarden #devsecops
.....aaaaaaaand #OpenBao 2.0.0 has made it into #openSUSE #tumbleweed. Will be in one of the next snapshots!
#openbao 2.0.0 was released. The first release after forking from #hashicorp #vault.
The package for #openSUSE is on its way to the security devel project.
Testers are highly welcome!
Here is a vagrant libvirt setup to start playing with it:
https://github.com/johanneskastl/openbao_vagrant_libvirt_ansible
Now that it's official that Hashicorp has been usurped by the Empire, we Jedi must seek alternatives. OpenBao looks promising. If anybody is using it, please share your experience(s).
#openbao #hashicorp
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/ibm-hashicorp-acquisition-hybrid-cloud-ai
https://openbao.org/
#Opensource forkers stick an #OpenBao in the oven
The rebellion against #HashiCorp for adopting a competition-limiting license for its #Terraform software expanded this week, with word that The Linux Foundation aims to help hatch an open source alternative to Vault, the company's secrets management project.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/08/hashicorp_openbao_fork/
OpenBAO project launched to maintain open source version of HashiCorp's Vault security software https://www.fosslife.org/openbao-project-forks-hashicorps-vault #OpenBAO #fork #Vault #security #HashiCorp #FOSS #OpenSource
Naming open source forks of Hashicorp products, a modest proposal:
Already existing:
#OpenTofu - #Terraform
#OpenBao - Vault
My proposals:
OpenPierogi - Packer
OpenStoopwafel - Vagrant
OpenEmpanada - Consul
OpenRavioli - Boundary
OpenSamosa - Waypoint
OpenFufu - Nomad
(names chosen largely at random from dumplings and dumpling-like things)
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