# SPIRE - SPIFFE Runtime Environment

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/zero-trust-architecture/spire/  
**Provider:** Zero Trust Architecture — https://apis.io/providers/zero-trust-architecture/  
**Documentation:** https://spiffe.io/docs/latest/spire-about/spire-concepts/

SPIRE - SPIFFE Runtime Environment is one of 5 APIs that [Zero Trust Architecture](https://apis.io/providers/zero-trust-architecture/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CNCF, Identity, Open-Source, Runtime, and Zero Trust. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://spiffe.io/docs/latest/spire-about/
- **GitHubOrganization** — https://github.com/spiffe/spire

## Other Zero Trust Architecture APIs (4)

- [NIST SP 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture](https://apis.io/apis/zero-trust-architecture/nist-sp-800-207/)
- [NIST SP 800-207A ZTA for Cloud-Native Applications](https://apis.io/apis/zero-trust-architecture/nist-sp-800-207a/)
- [SPIFFE - Secure Production Identity Framework for Everyone](https://apis.io/apis/zero-trust-architecture/spiffe/)
- [Open Policy Agent (OPA)](https://apis.io/apis/zero-trust-architecture/open-policy-agent/)

## Tags

CNCF, Identity, Open-Source, Runtime, Zero Trust

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