Features, use cases and service plans

Definitions

• Secret: A secret is a sensitive information like a password, configuration file or text.
• User: Users which you create inside the service are allowed to access your secrets. You are able to grant “read only” or “read & write” rights.
• Service Dashboard: In the Service Dashboard you can view service-specific information or make configurations, like managing users and secrets.

Features

• Storage of secrets in accordance with security requirements (e.g. separation of source code and secrets)
• The customer can order a Secrets Manager quickly and easily via the self-service user interface in the STACKIT Portal
• Secrets can be managed via a user-friendly configuration interface and API
• Traceability of changes through versioning of individual secrets
• Preconfigured auto-update functions keep components up to date
• High availability ensures the secure operation of the Secrets Manager

Use cases

• Single source of truth: Store all your secrets like passwords, configuration files and text in one place

• Secure storage: Keep all your secrets safe and secure for your whole team and all of your applications

• Enabler for automation: Integrate your secrets via API into your applications and workflows

Advantages

• Store secrets like passwords, configuration files and text separated from your code
• One place for all your secrets
• Automation and integrations via API
• Since it is a managed service, you save time and effort by letting us take care of updates, upgrades and backups.

Service plans

The Secrets Manager automatically scales in the number of secrets and users, there are no fixed service plans.

The following restrictions apply:

• The number of API accesses is limited to 10,000 accesses per hour per Secrets Manager.
• Up to 100 users can be created per Secrets Manager.