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Secrets Management (Vault, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Go) overview
A centralized secrets management platform built around HashiCorp Vault for dynamic secret generation, encryption-as-a-service, and PKI certificate issuance. Kubernetes workloads consume secrets via the Vault Agent sidecar injector, eliminating plaintext secrets in environment variables or ConfigMaps. Terraform provisions Vault policies, auth backends, and secret engines as code. Custom Go tooling provides CLI wrappers for developer self-service secret rotation. Deployed in Docker containers with HA storage backends. The tradeoff is Vault's operational complexity — unsealing, audit log management, and upgrade procedures require dedicated platform engineering attention.
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displayName
Secrets Management (Vault, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Go)
description
A centralized secrets management platform built around HashiCorp Vault
for dynamic secret generation, encryption-as-a-service, and PKI
certificate issuance. Kubernetes workloads consume secrets via the Vault
Agent sidecar injector, eliminating plaintext secrets in environment
variables or ConfigMaps. Terraform provisions Vault policies, auth
backends, and secret engines as code. Custom Go tooling provides CLI
wrappers for developer self-service secret rotation. Deployed in Docker
containers with HA storage backends. The tradeoff is Vault's operational
complexity — unsealing, audit log management, and upgrade procedures
require dedicated platform engineering attention.
composes
Outgoing edges
applies_to2
- domain:cybersecurity·DomainCybersecurity
- domain:platform-engineering·DomainPlatform Engineering
composed_of8
- tool:vault·ToolHashiCorp Vault
- tool:kubernetes·ToolKubernetes
- tool:terraform·ToolTerraform
- tool:docker·ToolDocker
- language:go·LanguageGo
- tool:sops·ToolSOPS
- language:hcl·LanguageHCL
- tool:helm·ToolHelm
follows_workflow2
- workflow:secret-rotation·WorkflowSecret Rotation
- workflow:certificate-rotation·WorkflowCertificate Rotation
requires_skill_area5
- skill-area:secrets-rotation·SkillAreaSecrets Rotation
- skill-area:identity-security·SkillAreaIdentity & Access Security
- skill-area:iac-security·SkillAreaIaC Security
- skill-area:k8s-rbac·SkillArea
- skill-area:policy-enforcement·SkillAreaPolicy Enforcement
used_by_role3
- role:security-engineer·RoleSecurity Engineer
- role:platform-engineer·Role
- role:devops-engineer·Role
Incoming edges
None.