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OpenBao: Unseal flows
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UNSEAL — HOW THE BARRIER OPENS
🔒 openbao-N — Sealed: true
API refuses reads · pod 0/1 Ready
Shamir — manual
PRE-06
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PRE-07
·
UNSEAL-001
init → 5 key shares · threshold 3
openbao-init.json
bao operator unseal ×3
3 keys · repeat per pod
⚠ humans hold the keys
restart needs manual unseal
Transit — auto-unseal
PRE-09
·
UNSEAL-002
2nd OpenBao (ns openbao-transit)
transit · key: autounseal
seal "transit" { token … }
periodic token · policy
✓ decrypts barrier on start
transit must be up + unsealed
AWS KMS — auto-unseal
UNSEAL-003
·
BK-002
(DR)
KMS key (ARN) in AWS
aws-kms-creds / IRSA
seal "awskms" { … }
recovery shares, not key shares
✓ cloud KMS opens barrier
needs AWS reachability + IAM
Possible other options
not covered in this plan
Azure Key Vault
GCP Cloud KMS
PKCS#11 / HSM
same sealed → unsealed outcome
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