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service_registration stanza

The optional service_registration stanza configures OpenBao's mechanism for service registration. The service_registration stanza is designed for use cases where you would like to use a system like Kubernetes for service discovery, but use a different system for the storage backend.

For times when you would like to use a different storage backend, like Raft, but still have service registration available, the service_registration stanza can be used:

service_registration "kubernetes" {
  namespace      = "my-namespace"
  pod_name       = "my-pod-name"
}
storage "raft" {
  path = "/path/to/raft/data"
  node_id = "raft_node_1"
}

For information about a specific service registration provider, visit the Kubernetes Service Registration page.

Configuration​

Service registration configuration is done through the OpenBao configuration file using the service_registration stanza:

service_registration [NAME] {
  [PARAMETERS...]
}

For example:

service_registration "kubernetes" {
  namespace      = "my-namespace"
  pod_name       = "my-pod-name"
}

For configuration options which also read an environment variable, the environment variable will take precedence over values in the configuration file.