The more I automate, the more I have to answer the question of how to manage my secrets. Secrets that frequently come up include: SSH key pairs SSL private keys Credentials for external resources, such as databases and SaaS integrations Before cloud, when server resources were not ephemeral, these could be managed manually when the server was created. In cloud environments, servers are created and destroyed automatically and from minute to minute, which leaves the question about how to manage secrets. The OpenStack community is working on one solution called Barbican. I’ve been......
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