HashiCorp archives the Boundary open source repo

(github.com)

49 points | by vmatsiiako 3 hours ago

5 comments

  • ProblemExplorer 4 minutes ago
    An accurate title would be "IBM archives the IBM-HashiCorp Boundary Community Edition repo".

    Community Editions don't make sense to the MBAs at IBM. It's a waste of investor dollars.

    HashiCorp was an innovative company that built a lot of foundational, transformational infra products. Then, in a growth frenzy based off the traction of these tools they raised tremendous, vast sums of money and subsequently lost control of their vision, and the company followed as well.

    What remains of those tools are a BSL that focuses on maintenance operations and feature requests that strictly rides along a cost-benefit analysis of rent seeking behavior off IBM's contracts with organizations that had already embraced those tools.

  • firesteelrain 53 minutes ago
    I recall talking to a HashiCorp rep about Boundary and the ability to find a place for it. Still seems kind of niche. I guess it never really found its place as a CE version.
  • sciencesama 1 hour ago
    hmm what is a good alternative to this ?
    • vmatsiiako 14 minutes ago
      You can use Infisical for both secrets, certs, and PAM: https://infisical.com
      • ProblemExplorer 9 minutes ago
        No. Infisical is headed the same direction. Most of the PAM bits that matter are not even in the open source repo, you need a paid license to get access.
  • schmichael 1 hour ago
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  • hdjdnxjzhzhs 1 hour ago
    IBM archives the Boundary open source repo
    • rnd0 1 hour ago
      and the license makes it radioactive -unusable.
      • LastTrain 50 minutes ago
        Just train your llm on it and create virtually the same thing it’s like a copyright get out of jail free card.