HashiCorp Vault Has a Free API: Secrets Management for Every Application

HashiCorp Vault is the industry standard for secrets management. It provides a unified API to manage secrets, encryption keys, certificates, and database credentials with fine-grained access control. What Is Vault? Vault secures, stores, and tightly controls access to tokens, passwords, certificates, and encryption keys. It handles leasing, key revocation, key rolling, and auditing through a unified API. Key Features: Secrets engine (KV, database, PKI, SSH) Dynamic secrets with automatic rotation Encryption as a service (Transit engine) Identity-based access control Audit logging High availability Kubernetes integration Auto-unseal Quick Start # Install Vault brew install vault # Start dev server vault server -dev # In another terminal export VAULT_ADDR = 'http://127.0.0.1:8200' export VAULT_TOKEN = 'hvs.xxxxx' # shown in dev output # Store a secret vault kv put secret/myapp db_password = supersecret api_key = abc123 # Read it back vault kv get secret/myapp Vault API: REST Interface im