Readiness review: GitLab Secrets Manager (OpenBao) beta

Summary

This is the readiness review for GitLab Secrets Manager beta.

GitLab Secrets Manager relies on an OpenBao instance which is deployed using Runway. It's in experimental stage and already deployed.

Links

• User docs: https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/secrets/secrets_manager
• Epic for beta: Closed Beta - GitLab Secrets Manager (gitlab-org&16319)
• Sub-epic: Distribution for .com: GitLab Secrets Manager (... (gitlab-org&17901)
• Readiness issue: #137
• Change management issue: production#20630

Dependencies

The Beta section of this production readiness references MRs and work items that might still be open:

• Add OpenBao to service catalog (gitlab-com/runbooks!8487 - merged)
• Draft: Add OpenBao runbooks (gitlab-com/runbooks!9498)
• [Rails] End-to-end testing for GitLab Secrets M... (gitlab-org&18849)
• Restore validation SQL query for secrets-manage... (gitlab-org/gitlab#577285 - closed)