Nvidia adopts OpenBAO, open source fork of HashiCorp's Vault
7 hours ago
- #Digital Sovereignty
- #OpenBao
- #Secrets Management
- Nvidia officially adopts OpenBao, an open source fork of HashiCorp's Vault, for secrets management in its Nvidia Cloud Functions.
- OpenBao gains momentum amid global digital sovereignty concerns, especially in the EU, with enterprise interest growing outside the U.S.
- The project, created in 2023 after HashiCorp's license change, is now production-ready and backed by OpenSSF as a sandbox project.
- Upcoming OpenBao 2.6 will add server-side workflows for integration with internal self-service portals.
- OpenBao faces competition from alternatives like SOPS and cloud services but is strong for dynamic credentials and multi-cloud environments.
- Digital sovereignty and open governance are key growth drivers, though OpenBao's ecosystem is smaller than HashiCorp's.