LGTM as well. On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM Elad Kalif <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looks great to me > > בתאריך יום ה׳, 9 באפר׳ 2026, 15:26, מאת Barak Abekasis < > [email protected] > >: > > > Hi Airflow community, > > > > I would like to propose adding a new community provider for **Akeyless > > Vault > > Platform** to the Apache Airflow monorepo. > > > > ## What is Akeyless? > > > > Akeyless (https://www.akeyless.io/) is a SaaS-based secrets management > and > > zero-trust access platform used by thousands of organizations for: > > > > - **Static secrets management** (key/value secrets, similar to Vault KV) > > - **Dynamic secrets** (just-in-time credentials for databases, cloud > > providers, Kubernetes, etc.) > > - **Rotated secrets** (automatic credential rotation) > > - **Zero-trust access** (SSH, RDP, Kubernetes, database access via > > ephemeral credentials) > > > > Akeyless is increasingly used alongside Airflow in data engineering > > workflows where secrets need to be injected into DAGs at runtime. Today > > there is **no existing Airflow provider** for Akeyless — users must > > manually > > call the Akeyless SDK inside PythonOperator tasks, which is error-prone > > and doesn't integrate with Airflow's secrets backend or connection > > management. > > > > ## What the provider includes > > > > | Component | Class | > > |---|---| > > | **Hook** | `airflow.providers.akeyless.hooks.akeyless.AkeylessHook` | > > | **Connection type** | `akeyless` (custom UI fields for 8 auth methods) > | > > | **Secrets Backend** | > > `airflow.providers.akeyless.secrets.akeyless.AkeylessBackend` | > > > > ### AkeylessHook capabilities > > > > - Get static secret values (single and batch) > > - Create / update / delete secrets > > - List and describe items > > - Generate dynamic secret values (database credentials, cloud keys, etc.) > > - Retrieve rotated secret values > > - Supports all Akeyless authentication methods: API Key, AWS IAM, GCP, > > Azure AD, Universal Identity, JWT/OIDC, Kubernetes, Certificate > > > > ### AkeylessBackend (Secrets Backend) > > > > - Sources Airflow **Connections**, **Variables**, and **Configuration** > > from > > Akeyless — drop-in replacement pattern identical to the HashiCorp Vault > > backend > > - Supports URI, JSON dict, and `conn_uri` formats for connections > > - Configurable path prefixes and separators > > > > ### Connection type > > > > Custom connection form in the Airflow UI with dedicated fields for: > > Access ID, Access Key, API URL, Access Type, UID Token, GCP Audience, > > Azure Object ID, JWT, K8s Auth Config Name, Certificate/Key PEM data. > > > > ## Dependencies > > > > - `akeyless>=5.0.0` (Apache 2.0 licensed, actively maintained, > > ~350K monthly PyPI downloads) > > - Optional: `akeyless_cloud_id` for AWS/GCP/Azure cloud-based auth > > > > ## Proposed stewards > > > > - Barak Abekasis (@baraka-akeyless) — Akeyless integrations team > > - Dean Sher (@deanshak) - Product Architect > > > > > > We are committed to maintaining this provider per the AIP-95 governance > > framework, including timely PR reviews, issue resolution, and quarterly > > updates. > > > > ## PR > > > > The implementation is ready at: > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/64754 > > > > The provider follows the monorepo structure (`providers/akeyless/`) with: > > - Full RST documentation (connection guide, secrets backend guide, > > changelog) > > - Unit tests for hook, secrets backend, and internal client validation > > - Example system test DAG > > - `provider.yaml` with connection field schema > > > > Looking forward to your feedback. > > > > [image: Kind regards,] > > > > [image: photo] > > > > Barak Abekasis > > Solution Architect, Akeyless > > > > [image: icon] +972-526238465 [image: icon] [email protected] [image: > > icon] akeyless.io > > > > [image: youtube] <https://www.youtube.com/@Akeyless> > > > > [image: facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/Akeylessio> > > > > [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/akeyless/> > > > > [image: twitter] <https://x.com/akeylessio> > > > > [image: Meeting Button App] <https://meetings.hubspot.com/barak-abekasis > > > > > > [image: __tpx__] > > >
