Boundary Has a Free API — Zero-Trust Access Without a VPN

HashiCorp Boundary provides identity-based access management for dynamic infrastructure. Instead of VPNs and SSH bastion hosts, Boundary lets users connect to targets through an authenticated, auditable API . Free and open source. No license key for the community edition. Why Use the Boundary API? Replace VPNs — connect to databases, servers, and K8s clusters without a VPN Audit every session — every connection is logged with user identity Dynamic targets — automatically discover hosts from cloud providers Programmatic access — automate user/group/target management via REST API Quick Setup 1. Start Boundary Dev Server boundary dev # Starts on http://127.0.0.1:9200 # Default login: admin / password 2. Authenticate export BOUNDARY_ADDR = "http://127.0.0.1:9200" # Get auth token boundary authenticate password \ -auth-method-id ampw_1234567890 \ -login-name admin \ -password password # Or via API curl -s -X POST " $BOUNDARY_ADDR /v1/auth-methods/ampw_1234567890:authenticate" \ -H "Content-