Zero Trust Architecture

SPIRE - SPIFFE Runtime Environment

SPIRE is the reference implementation of SPIFFE, a CNCF-graduated production-ready toolchain for establishing trust between workloads. It issues SVIDs to workloads and exposes the SPIFFE Workload API for identity attestation across Kubernetes, VMs, cloud instances, and bare metal environments.

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Documentation
https://spiffe.io/docs/latest/spire-about/

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https://github.com/spiffe/spire

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: zero-trust-architecture:spire
name: SPIRE - SPIFFE Runtime Environment
description: SPIRE is the reference implementation of SPIFFE, a CNCF-graduated production-ready toolchain
  for establishing trust between workloads. It issues SVIDs to workloads and exposes the SPIFFE Workload
  API for identity attestation across Kubernetes, VMs, cloud instances, and bare metal environments.
humanURL: https://spiffe.io/docs/latest/spire-about/spire-concepts/
tags:
- CNCF
- Identity
- Open-Source
- Runtime
- Zero Trust
tags_raw:
- CNCF
- Identity
- Open Source
- Runtime
- Zero Trust
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://spiffe.io/docs/latest/spire-about/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spiffe/spire