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Add credential routing, actor patterns, security map, OpenBao SSH checklist, and policy-gated signing design. Update registry and SCOPE; record INTENT↔SCOPE reassessment (C3 completeness).
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# Credential Routing — NetKingdom Access Desk
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Date: 2026-06-17
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Use this page when a development worker (human, kaizen agent, CI job, or
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custodian tool) needs **access or credentials** and is unsure which subsystem
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owns the request.
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ops-warden maintains this routing guide. It **issues SSH certificates only**.
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For every other credential type, follow the routed path — do not paste secrets
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into Git, State Hub, agent chat, or workplans.
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---
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## Quick decision tree
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```text
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What do you need?
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+-- Log in as a human / get OIDC claims / MFA
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| -> key-cape (lightweight) or Keycloak (expanded)
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| net-kingdom/docs/platform-identity-security-architecture.md
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+-- Permission to perform an action on a resource
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| -> flex-auth (policy decision)
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| flex-auth/INTENT.md
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+-- API key, DB password, provider token, K8s secret, dynamic lease
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| -> OpenBao (after flex-auth approval where policy requires it)
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| railiance-platform/docs/openbao.md
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| NEVER ops-warden
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+-- S3 / object-storage temporary credentials
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| -> NK-WP-0007 vending path (flex-auth + OpenBao + storage STS)
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| net-kingdom/docs/object-storage-sts-credential-vending.md
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| NEVER ops-warden
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+-- SSH certificate for host / ops reachability (adm/agt/atm)
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| -> ops-warden (warden sign / cert_command)
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| wiki/OpsWardenConfig.md
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+-- SSH tunnel / port forward (already have or will get a cert)
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| -> ops-bridge
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| ops-bridge tunnels.yaml + cert_command from ops-warden
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+-- Host accepts your SSH principal / force-command on server
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| -> railiance-infra Ansible
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| /etc/ssh/auth_principals/, sshd hardening
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```
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**Under two minutes:** match your need to a branch above, open the linked doc,
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stop if you landed on "NEVER ops-warden" for non-SSH secrets.
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---
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## Routing table
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| I need… | Subsystem | ops-warden role |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| Interactive login, OIDC token, MFA | key-cape / Keycloak | Document only — use IAM Profile |
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| "May I do X on resource Y?" | flex-auth (+ Topaz PDP) | Future pre-sign gate for SSH; document only today |
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| OpenRouter / LLM provider API key | OpenBao → K8s Secret | **Do not** ask ops-warden |
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| Inter-Hub operator / runtime API key | OpenBao or `0600` temp file | See `wiki/InterHubBootstrapAccessLane.md` |
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| Database or service password | OpenBao dynamic/KV | Document only |
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| Short-lived SSH cert for operator | ops-warden (`adm-*`) | **Issue** via `warden sign` |
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| Short-lived SSH cert for agent | ops-warden (`agt-*`) | **Issue** via `warden sign` / wrapper |
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| Short-lived SSH cert for CI/cron | ops-warden (`atm-*`) | **Issue** via `warden sign` / `warden issue` |
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| Tunnel to remote service | ops-bridge | Consumer of `cert_command` |
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| Principal file on host | railiance-infra | Document only |
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## Examples — do NOT ask ops-warden
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| Request | Correct path |
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| --- | --- |
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| "Populate `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` for llm-connect" | Operator → OpenBao/K8s Secret in `activity-core` namespace |
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| "Store Inter-Hub admin key for bootstrap" | Operator → OpenBao or `IHUB_OPERATOR_KEY_FILE` (`CUST-WP-0049`) |
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| "Give me Vault root token" | Break-glass ceremony → `railiance-platform/docs/openbao.md` |
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| "S3 credentials for artifact upload" | NK-WP-0007 / artifact-store consumer path |
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| "JWT for my app" | key-cape / Keycloak IAM Profile |
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---
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## Examples — ops-warden IS correct
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| Request | Command / pattern |
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| --- | --- |
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| ops-bridge tunnel needs a cert | `cert_command: warden sign <actor> --pubkey <path>` |
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| Agent reaching bootstrap host | `agt-codex-interhub-bootstrap` — `wiki/InterHubBootstrapAccessLane.md` |
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| Check cert expiry before shift | `warden status <actor>` |
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| New tunnel actor | `warden inventory add` — `wiki/ActorInventoryPatterns.md` |
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| Lab without OpenBao | `backend: local` — `wiki/OpsWardenConfig.md` |
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---
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## Typical flows
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### Human operator → remote host
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1. Identity: key-cape login if web/API access needed (optional for pure SSH).
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2. SSH cert: `warden sign adm-<you> --pubkey ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub`.
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3. Tunnel (if needed): ops-bridge with `cert_command` pointing at warden.
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4. Host: principal deployed by railiance-infra.
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### Kaizen / Codex agent → attended task
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1. Register actor: `agt-codex-<task>` per `wiki/ActorInventoryPatterns.md`.
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2. SSH cert: `WARDEN_ACTOR=... ops-ssh-wrapper ssh ...` or `warden sign`.
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3. Secrets for task (API keys): OpenBao path — not warden.
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4. Tunnel: ops-bridge if required.
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### CI automation → scheduled job
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1. Actor: `atm-<job>` with narrow principal and low TTL (≤ 8 h).
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2. `warden issue atm-<job>` or sign with pre-provisioned key.
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3. No long-lived keys in CI env vars.
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---
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## When guidance drifts
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NetKingdom security architecture is canonical in `net-kingdom`. When it
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changes (OpenBao, IAM Profile, new bootstrap lanes), ops-warden updates:
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- This file
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- `wiki/NetKingdomSecurityMap.md`
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- `SCOPE.md` / `INTENT.md` as needed
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Report drift via custodian workplan or State Hub message to `ops-warden`.
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---
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## See also
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- `INTENT.md` — steward mission
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- `wiki/NetKingdomSecurityMap.md` — component literacy
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- `wiki/ActorInventoryPatterns.md` — actor naming
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- `wiki/OpenBaoSshEngineChecklist.md` — production SSH signing verify
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- `net-kingdom/docs/platform-identity-security-architecture.md` — platform canon |