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fieldju/cerberus — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2020-10-27

JavaAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

TL;DR

Cerberus is a cloud-native secure storage service where teams keep secrets like passwords and certificates in encrypted, access-controlled "Safe Deposit Boxes."

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    What it does
      Stores secrets
      Safe deposit boxes
      Encrypts data
      Audit logging
    Tech stack
      Java
      AWS
      AWS Secrets Manager
    Use cases
      Share microservice credentials
      Compliance auditing
      Self-service secret management
    Audience
      DevOps teams
      Large organizations
      Compliance officers

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Store database credentials that multiple microservices need without hardcoding them.

REASON 2

Give teams self-service access to manage their own secrets via a web dashboard.

REASON 3

Track an audit trail of who accessed which secrets and when for compliance.

REASON 4

Store SSL certificates and configuration files alongside key-value secrets.

What's in the stack?

JavaAWSAWS Secrets Manager

How it stacks up

fieldju/cerberusasutosh936/job-finder-appasutosh936/spring-boot
Stars—0—
LanguageJavaJavaJava
Last pushed2020-10-27—2016-07-02
MaintenanceDormant—Dormant
Setup difficultyhardmoderatemoderate
Complexity4/52/53/5
Audienceops devopsdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Cloud-native and built around AWS integration, so deployment involves multiple infra components.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to set up a Cerberus Safe Deposit Box for my team's database credentials.
Prompt 2
Help me integrate Cerberus with AWS Secrets Manager for my deployment.
Prompt 3
Explain how to control which applications can access a specific Safe Deposit Box.
Prompt 4
Walk me through deploying Cerberus for local development first.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is cerberus?

Cerberus is a cloud-native secure storage service where teams keep secrets like passwords and certificates in encrypted, access-controlled "Safe Deposit Boxes."

What language is cerberus written in?

Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java, AWS, AWS Secrets Manager.

Is cerberus actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2020-10-27).

How hard is cerberus to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is cerberus for?

Mainly ops devops.

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