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fieldju/cerberus-go-client — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2022-06-01

Audience · developerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · moderate

TL;DR

A Go client library that lets applications securely fetch secrets like passwords and API keys from Nike's Cerberus vault at runtime instead of hardcoding them.

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Fetches secrets
      Talks to Cerberus vault
      Runtime secret retrieval
    Auth methods
      Username and password
      AWS STS auth
      Existing token
    Tech stack
      Go language
      AWS credentials
    Use cases
      Backend service startup
      Database credentials
      API token retrieval
    Audience
      Nike engineers
      Cerberus users
      Go developers

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Fetch database credentials securely at application startup instead of hardcoding them.

REASON 2

Retrieve API tokens or other secrets on demand from Cerberus.

REASON 3

Create and manage safe deposit boxes and secrets programmatically from Go code.

What's in the stack?

GoAWS STS

How it stacks up

fieldju/cerberus-go-client0verflowme/alarm-clock0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch
Stars——0
Language—CSSPython
Last pushed2022-06-012022-10-03—
MaintenanceDormantDormant—
Setup difficultymoderateeasymoderate
Complexity2/52/54/5
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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires access to a running Cerberus instance and valid authentication credentials.

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Prompt 1
Write a Go program using cerberus-go-client to authenticate with username and password and fetch a secret from a safe deposit box.
Prompt 2
Show me how to use AWS STS authentication with cerberus-go-client in a Go service running on AWS.
Prompt 3
Help me integrate cerberus-go-client into my Go backend so it fetches database credentials on startup instead of reading them from a config file.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is cerberus-go-client?

A Go client library that lets applications securely fetch secrets like passwords and API keys from Nike's Cerberus vault at runtime instead of hardcoding them.

Is cerberus-go-client actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2022-06-01).

How hard is cerberus-go-client to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is cerberus-go-client for?

Mainly developer.

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