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One access layer for the tools that build and run software.

Shortspan connects application secrets, infrastructure targets, access requests, runbooks, and audit history around the workflow developers already use: the command line.

By workflow

Start with the access problem in front of you.

Adopt one project or resource type first, then connect more of the workflow when it is useful. Every page below explains what Shortspan governs, what the source system still controls, and how the CLI fits.

Developer secrets management

Manage application secrets without passing them around.

Centralize API keys, environment variables, certificates, and credentials with encrypted storage, scoped access, CLI injection, and audit history.

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Environment variable management

Replace shared .env files with controlled runtime access.

Manage environment variables and application secrets by project, inject them at runtime, and reduce plaintext .env files across developer laptops.

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SSH access management

Give teams a controlled path to SSH servers.

Register SSH targets once, connect by alias from the CLI, verify host identity, scope permissions, and record access without sharing server details in chat.

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Database access management

Broker database access without handing out connection files.

Manage PostgreSQL and MySQL connection targets, broker approved access from the CLI, route through SSH bastions, and keep an attributable history.

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AWS credential management

Keep AWS access tied to a project and a person.

Register AWS account access by project, broker approved CLI use, apply temporary grants, and audit sensitive cloud credential activity.

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Kubernetes access management

Put cluster access behind the same controls as the rest of your stack.

Register Kubernetes clusters by project, activate approved CLI context, scope team permissions, and audit access alongside cloud and infrastructure resources.

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Just-in-time access

Make privileged access requested, approved, and temporary.

Add request reasons, approvals, expiry, project permissions, and audit history to access for secrets, SSH, databases, AWS, and Kubernetes.

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DevOps runbook automation

Turn operational knowledge into versioned, approved runbooks.

Create versioned operational runbooks, bind them to project resources, require approval for sensitive execution, and preserve execution history.

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Infrastructure audit logs

Keep the context behind sensitive developer operations.

Record actors, resources, access decisions, credential use, and runbook execution across secrets and infrastructure in one project-aware audit trail.

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Self-hosted credential broker

Run the credential broker inside infrastructure you control.

Self-host Shortspan for encrypted secrets, developer infrastructure access, CLI workflows, approvals, and audit history under your own operations.

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Start small

Bring one project. Keep the workflow familiar.

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