Infisical

Security and privacy

secrets management

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123points
41comments
#701of 3,515 in 2024
Top 20%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.

Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

Objections

  • Unclear how to bootstrap access without enterprise-only components

    From 1 comment
    • It isn't clear how to build this without the enterprise proprietary components, except maybe to fork it and tear out all the code for the ee folders and everything that…
      thayne on HN

Questions

  • How to practically use a vault in CI/CD pipelines and handle the initial key

    From 1 comment
    • Slightly on topic but we've been talking about vaults and keys for years now and I work in CI/CD but I still am no wiser to how I'm supposed to practically use this in my…
      INTPenis on HN
  • How to manage secrets used to access the secret manager

    From 1 comment
    • I'm always looking for the secret management solution for my self hosted apps. This looks very cool, but still unable to solve my biggest problem - how should I manage secrets to…
      minebreaker on HN

Alternatives named

  • OpenBao

    From 1 comment
    • There is also a Vault Fork called OpenBao https://github.com/openbao/openbao
      martialblog on HN
  • Bitwarden Secrets Manager

    From 1 comment
    • Bitwarden Secrets Manager might fit your needs as an open source alternative to HashiCorp Vault fyi. I am biased (I work at Bitwarden) but still a great option for those looking…
      Fabulous3447 on HN
  • AWS SSM

    From 1 comment
    • I'm always looking for the secret management solution for my self hosted apps. This looks very cool, but still unable to solve my biggest problem - how should I manage secrets to…
      minebreaker on HN
  • Sealed Secrets

    From 1 comment
    • I like sealed secrets (https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets) a lot. It's like 1Password, but for apps in kubernetes. You only need to secure a private key, and can…
      zzyzxd on HN
  • Mozilla SOPS

    From 1 comment
    • For your home network, you might like Mozilla SOPS for secrets storage. You can keep your secrets in an encrypted file and have a container that loads those secrets and puts it…
      allanbreyes on HN

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