From d1c68655c85768562e3222fc7ff990ed0484abac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michele Cereda Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 10:38:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fix(secrets-management): naming --- knowledge base/secrets management.md | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/knowledge base/secrets management.md b/knowledge base/secrets management.md index 2369293..137e277 100644 --- a/knowledge base/secrets management.md +++ b/knowledge base/secrets management.md @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ ## TL;DR -_Vaults_ and _secrets managers_ are centralized solution that manage secrets.
+_Secrets managers_ (A.K.A. _vaults_ or _secrets stores_) are centralized solution that manage secrets.
Examples: [HashiCorp Vault], [OpenBao], [Bitwarden Secrets Manager], [1Password Secrets Automation], [CyberArk Conjur], [Akeyless]. -_Secrets orchestration platforms_ offer a transparent access point for users while being a vault itself and/or syncing -secrets between multiple other vaults and secrets managers.
-Examples: [Doppler], [Infisical], [Pulumi ESC]. +_Secrets orchestration platforms_ offer a transparent access point for users while being a secrets manager itself and/or +syncing secrets between multiple other secrets managers.
+Examples: [Doppler], [Infisical], [Phase], [Pulumi ESC]. Solutions should be easy to use and get **out** of their users' way, so that they can be more easily adopted. @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Though git hooks exist, it is likely for them to be misconfigured or simply skip Having a centralized solution to manage secrets can come to the rescue, as long as it is adopted profusely.
The only way this can happen is if that solution is easy to use and manage, and get **out** of the way of developers.
-_Vaults_ and _secrets managers_ usually do a good job for this. +_Secrets managers_ usually do a good job for this. Tools might also integrate with or support only one or a small set of solutions, limiting the choice of platforms.
It would be good to have a way to sync secrets between multiple platforms. Even better, to use a single access point to @@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ This is what _secrets orchestration platforms_ try to solve. [CyberArk Conjur]: https://www.conjur.org/ [Doppler]: https://www.doppler.com/ [OpenBao]: https://openbao.org/ +[Phase]: https://phase.dev/ [Secrets Management Tools: The Complete 2025 Guide]: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/secrets-management-tools-guide/