OpenBao: Horizontally Scaling Secrets Management - OSSNA 2026
Slides and content from Alex's Open Source Summit NA 2026 talk, describing the horizontal scalability features of OpenBao.
For a video, see the Linux Foundation's official YouTube channel.
Welcome everyone to my talk on OpenBao and how we added horizontal scalability to the project. I'm Alex Scheel, Head of OpenBao Development at ControlPlane, a long time member of the OpenBao TSC, and chair of the OpenBao Development Working Group.
I've been fortunate to have a hand in the development of OpenBao since nearly the beginning of the project, and before that, at HashiCorp's Vault CryptoSec team.
If, like me, you were wishing you could get out for a post-lunch walk, thank you for staying, but we'll have to settle for some photos of Minneapolis I've sprinkled through the presentation. And thank you all for visiting Minnesota, whether from near or far!