> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://encrova-docs.platform.ai71services.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Encrova Secret Manager

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## Introduction

Encrova is a Platform secrets management application designed to securely store, distribute, and manage sensitive credentials such as API keys, database passwords, cert chains, and encryption secrets.
<br /><br />It helps developers and organizations centralize secret management, ensuring security and compliance while streamlining access across development, staging, and production environments.
<br /><br />Encrova integrates seamlessly with various cloud providers, container orchestration platforms, and CI/CD pipelines, making it a comprehensive solution for secure secret handling.

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## Why Encrova?

<li><strong>Improves security</strong> by reducing secret sprawl and enforcing encryption best practices.</li>
<li><strong>Enhances developer experience</strong> with a user-friendly UI and CLI for managing secrets.</li>
<li><strong>Automates secret management</strong> with dynamic and rotating secrets.</li>
<li><strong>Ensures compliance</strong> with security standards (SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA).</li>

## How does Encrova work?

To make secret management effortless and secure, Encrova follows a certain structure for enabling secret management workflows as defined below.

**Identities** in Encrova are users or machine which have a certain set of roles and permissions assigned to them. Such identities are able to manage secrets in various **Clients** throughout the entire infrastructure. To do that, identities have to verify themselves through one of the available **Authentication Methods**.

As a result, the 3 main concepts that are important to understand are:

* **[Identities](/documentation/platform/identities/overview)**: users or machines with a set permissions assigned to them.
* **[Clients](/integrations/platforms/kubernetes)**: Encrova-developed tools for managing secrets in various infrastructure components (e.g., [SDKs](/libraries/javascript), [API](/api-reference), [Web Dashboard](https://secret-manager.t.platform.dev.ai71services.ai/)).
* **[Authentication Methods](/documentation/platform/identities/universal-auth)**: ways for Identities to authenticate inside different clients (e.g., SAML SSO for Web Dashboard, Universal Auth for Encrova Agent, AWS Auth etc.).

## How to get started with Encrova?

Depending on your use case, it might be helpful to look into some of the resources and guides provided below.

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    Fetch secrets with any programming language on demand.
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    Fetch secrets via HTTP request.
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