vSphere KMS server for encryption, any free ones?

[MasterWayZ]

Hi everyone,

I've been looking for a while, but with no luck.

Is there any KMS solution that works with vSphere that's free?

HyTrust only has a 60 day trial from what I can see.

[daphnissov]

This may work. Although definitely get something like Hytrust for production. Using this pet project there is a bad idea.

https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/12/kmip-server-docker-container-for-evaluating-vm-encryption-in...

[MasterWayZ]

Thanks for the reply!

I did see that project, but even for my homelab I'm way too nervous that the container crashes and loses its keys. Anything else maybe?

[daphnissov]

You could always learn how to run Kubernetes  

[MasterWayZ]

Sorry for the delay. I think I found something that keeps keys in a simple database. Nothing secure, but works for labs and the keys shouldn't be lost on reboot. Going to test that now, if I get it to work, I'll make a blog post about it and link it here, thank you for the guidance daphnissov!

[MasterWayZ · Accepted solution]

https://blog.masterwayz.nl/?p=294