Secret Types

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Akeyless enables you to work with the following secret types:

  • Static Secrets: Key/value pairs that you create and update manually. The values usually remain the same for long periods. Typically, you use static secrets to protect passwords, API tokens, and even personal identifiers (PII) or credit card numbers. See Static Secrets.

  • Dynamic Secrets: Temporary credentials that are generated on-demand to provide a client with access to a resource for a limited period of time, with a limited set of permissions. See Dynamic Secrets.

  • Rotated Secrets: Passwords for privileged-user accounts that are periodically updated by resetting a password on a target machine. The Akeyless Vault Platform stores the updated secret value so that it can be retrieved when required. see Rotated Secrets.

  • Encryption Keys: AES, RSA, or EC keys of various sizes. Use these keys to encrypt secrets or any other kind of data and also to sign binaries or application transactions. See Encryption Keys.

  • Certificates: Akeyless acts as a Certificate Authority for the internal environment. Supporting both types of PKI/TLS Certificates and SSH certificates.

  • Targets: Targets act as a connector between credentials and the items that need to utilize them, both saving time for the user and protecting your flows from credential breakage. For more detail, see Targets.

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