devbao

devbao is a CLI utility to start OpenBao and HashiCorp Vault instances for development purposes.

This allows you to skip many common steps such as creating configuration, initializing the instance, managing root tokens through the use of CLI flags and a common configuration directory.

Missing an option? Open a pull request!

Building

To build and run:

$ make bin
$ ./bin/devbao

Because devbao is a static Go binary, it should be relocatable anywhere on $PATH.

Data is presently stored in $HOME/.local/share/devbao.

CLI interface

Refer to devbao help for more information about commands currently implemented.

With Bash, a node could be created and connected with:

# This starts a production (persistent) single node, initializing (to save the
# root token and unseal keys), unsealing (to make it usable), and provisioning
# a root and intermediate PKI mount (the `pki` profile).
$ devbao node start --force --unseal --initialize --profiles pki

# This loads the environment details to contact this instance into the shell
# session so that future `bao` commands will work.
$ . <(devbao node env prod)

$ bao secrets list

HA cluster can similarly be created with the devbao cluster start <name> command.

TUI interface

devbao features a basic TUI available under the devbao tui command.

Contributing

Interested in contributing? Consider opening an issue to discuss the feature before opening a PR.

See the contributing guidelines in the OpenBao project as they apply here as well.