// Deploy and operate Infisical self-hosted instances with Docker, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes. Covers architecture, environment variables, ENCRYPTION_KEY management, database setup, Redis configuration, production hardening, FIPS compliance, scaling, and high availability patterns.
Interact with the Infisical REST API to manage secrets, projects, environments, machine identities, and more. Supports secret CRUD operations, machine identity authentication, pagination, and rate limiting on cloud deployments.
Expert guidance for the Infisical Terraform Provider. Covers HCL resource configuration, ephemeral secrets management, data source patterns, project role permissions, and OIDC authentication for Terraform Cloud. Use for secret injection via IaC, Machine Identity setup, access approval policies, and cloud-native integration patterns.
Guide for configuring the Infisical Agent — a client daemon that manages token lifecycle and renders secrets via Go templates without modifying application code. Covers the full YAML config format, all 6 auth methods (Universal Auth, Kubernetes, AWS IAM, Azure, GCP ID Token, GCP IAM), sinks, template functions (listSecrets, listSecretsByProjectSlug, getSecretByName, dynamicSecret), polling, on-change commands, and caching. Use this skill when someone asks about: Infisical Agent, agent config file, agent templates, rendering secrets to files, sidecar secret injection, token renewal, infisical agent command, or 'how do I use the Infisical Agent to inject secrets'.
Guide for configuring Infisical Dynamic Secrets — on-demand, short-lived credentials for databases, cloud IAM, SSH, and Kubernetes. Covers 27 providers including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, AWS IAM, GCP IAM, SSH certificates, Kubernetes service accounts, and more. Use this skill when someone asks about: dynamic secrets, ephemeral database credentials, short-lived tokens, rotating database users, dynamic PostgreSQL/MySQL/Redis credentials, SSH certificates, temporary AWS IAM users, or 'how do I generate temporary credentials with Infisical'.
Guide for configuring Infisical Secret Syncs to push secrets from Infisical to third-party services. Covers 38+ sync destinations including AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, Azure Key Vault, GitHub, Vercel, HashiCorp Vault, Cloudflare, and more. Use this skill when someone asks about: syncing secrets to AWS/GCP/Azure, pushing secrets to GitHub Actions, Vercel environment variables, secret sync setup, App Connections, mapping behavior, key schemas, or 'how do I get my Infisical secrets into [service]'.
Interactive setup guide for using Infisical as a secret management tool in your projects. Helps users integrate Infisical into local development (CLI), Docker containers (build-time and runtime secret injection), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), Kubernetes (Operator + CRDs), and application code (Node.js, Python, Go, Java, .NET, Ruby SDKs). Also walks through choosing and configuring machine identity auth methods (Universal Auth, AWS Auth, Kubernetes Auth, OIDC, etc.). Use this skill whenever someone asks about: using Infisical, injecting secrets, infisical run, infisical init, connecting their app to Infisical, Docker secrets, Kubernetes secrets operator, machine identity setup, SDK initialization, CI/CD secret injection, or 'how do I get my secrets into my app'.
| name | infisical-self-host |
| description | Deploy and operate Infisical self-hosted instances with Docker, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes. Covers architecture, environment variables, ENCRYPTION_KEY management, database setup, Redis configuration, production hardening, FIPS compliance, scaling, and high availability patterns. |
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This skill guides you through deploying, configuring, and operating Infisical in self-hosted environments. Whether you are running Infisical on Docker, Docker Compose, or Kubernetes, this resource covers essential setup, security hardening, scaling, and maintenance patterns.
ENCRYPTION_KEY is Critical: This key encrypts all secrets at rest. It is 16 bytes (32 hex characters), generated with openssl rand -hex 16, and cannot be recovered if lost. Back it up and rotate it carefully following Infisical's rotation procedures.
AUTH_SECRET is Required: This key is used for session and JWT signing. It is 32 bytes (base64), generated with openssl rand -base64 32, and must be stable across restarts.
Database Requirements: PostgreSQL 14+ is required. Always backup your database before upgrading Infisical. Schema migrations run automatically on boot (since v0.111.0-postgres).
Redis Configuration: Redis 6.2+ is required. Cluster mode is NOT supported; use standalone or Redis Sentinel for high availability. Standalone mode is simplest for development; use Sentinel for production HA.
Stateless Architecture: Infisical is stateless. Scale horizontally by adding more replicas. All state lives in PostgreSQL and Redis.
FIPS Compliance: FIPS 140-2 mode is available via the infisical/infisical:latest-fips image. Enable with FIPS_ENABLED=true and appropriate Node.js options.
infisical/infisical:<version>, set environment variables, run on port 8080.docker-compose.prod.yml from the repository with PostgreSQL and Redis services.infisical-standalone-postgres from Cloudsmith registry with optional managed databases.Complete reference for all configuration environment variables, including:
Docker and Docker Compose deployment patterns, including:
Kubernetes and Helm deployment guide, including:
Production scaling patterns and HA architecture, including: