Keywhiz
A system for distributing and managing secrets, now deprecated in favor of HashiCorp Vault.
What is Keywhiz?
Keywhiz is a secrets management system developed by Square for securely distributing and managing sensitive infrastructure secrets like API keys, certificates, and database credentials. It provides centralized storage with fine-grained access controls and automated distribution to authorized services. The project is now deprecated and the maintainers recommend using HashiCorp Vault as a more robust alternative.
DevOps engineers and infrastructure teams who need to manage secrets across distributed systems and microservices architectures.
Keywhiz offers a production-tested approach to secrets management with strong access controls, audit capabilities, and automated distribution. It was designed specifically for infrastructure secrets with a focus on security and operational simplicity.
Overview
A system for distributing and managing secrets
Use Cases
Best For
- Managing API keys and credentials in microservices architectures
- Securely distributing SSL/TLS certificates to multiple services
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