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/usr/bin/bao

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys.

From openbao-fips-2.7 2.7.2-r2 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running bao --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: bao <command> [args]

Common commands:
    read        Read data and retrieves secrets
    write       Write data, configuration, and secrets
    delete      Delete secrets and configuration
    list        List data or secrets
    login       Authenticate locally
    agent       Start an OpenBao agent
    server      Start an OpenBao server
    status      Print seal and HA status
    unwrap      Unwrap a wrapped secret

Other commands:
    audit                Interact with audit devices
    auth                 Interact with auth methods
    debug                Runs the debug command
    kv                   Interact with OpenBao's Key-Value storage
    lease                Interact with leases
    monitor              Stream log messages from an OpenBao server
    namespace            Interact with namespaces
    operator             Perform operator-specific tasks
    patch                Patch data, configuration, and secrets
    path-help            Retrieve API help for paths
    pki                  Interact with OpenBao's PKI Secrets Engine
    plugin               Interact with OpenBao plugins and catalog
    policy               Interact with policies
    print                Prints runtime configurations
    proxy                Start an OpenBao Proxy
    scan                 Scan (recursively list) data or secrets
    secrets              Interact with secrets engines
    ssh                  Initiate an SSH session
    token                Interact with tokens
    transit              Interact with OpenBao's Transit Secrets Engine
    version-history      Prints the version history of the target Vault server

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