docs: cover the store-less variant — ${VAR} env references - #16
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The standalone guide read as if OpenBao were mandatory, but a secret
store is only needed for bao:/kv: refs and for anything that WRITES
secrets. Plain ${VAR} references into the gateway's own environment
resolve at connect time with the same anti-passthrough guarantee, so
tokens + env vars is a complete minimal deployment.
- standalone-secrets.md: new step 0 (env-only variant) with the
trade-offs (restart to rotate, values visible in platform env
config, no /me personal credentials / Connect / per-user sessions)
- deploy-coolify.md: mark the BAO_*/KEY_VAULT_URI half of the minimum
env set as optional, link the env-only section
- README: note OpenBao is optional in the standalone-with-secrets card
- .env.example: document ${VAR} injection next to the store knobs
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
The standalone docs read as if OpenBao were mandatory. It isn't: a secret store only serves
bao:/kv:refs and secret writes — plain${VAR}references resolve from the gateway's own environment at connect time (secrets/store.tsresolveInjectionValue), embedded forms included (Bearer ${ITGLUE_TOKEN}), with the same anti-passthrough guarantee. So the smallest deployment is static tokens + env vars, and it deserved to be documented./mepersonal credentials →503, one-click Connect,sessionMode: "per-user") still needs a real store.BAO_*/KEY_VAULT_URIhalf of the "minimum viable set" is now marked optional, linking the env-only section.${VAR}injection documented next to the store knobs.Docs-only, no code changes.
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