OpenBao Secret Manager Introduces Namespaces for Enhanced Security and Scalability
2025-05-30
OpenBao Secret Manager has released a powerful Namespaces feature, enabling robust multi-tenancy and fine-grained isolation. Each namespace functions as an independent OpenBao instance, with its own policies, authentication methods, and secret engines. This enhances security, allowing teams or organizations to independently manage their secrets and simplifying management for large-scale deployments. Future plans include leveraging namespaces to improve OpenBao's horizontal scalability, allowing efficient handling of numerous infrequently accessed resources without loading the entire system state at once.
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