HashiCorp Boundary Zero-Trust Access Studio

Identity-based ephemeral remote access for EKS & Aurora without SSH keys or open bastions

Deploy identity-based zero-trust remote access for EKS clusters and Aurora databases without SSH keys, open bastion ports, or legacy static VPN credentials.

Target Deployment Tier

Policy Enforcement Mode

Primary Configuration Manifest

Security Telemetry & Compiled Blueprint

Bastion Ports Open Zero (0 Inbound)

Identity Auth Okta / Azure AD OIDC

Session Credential TTL 15m Ephemeral

disable_mlock = true

controller {
  name = "boundary-zero-trust-controller"
  database {
    url = "env://BOUNDARY_PG_URL"
  }
}

listener "tcp" {
  address = "0.0.0.0:9200"
  purpose = "api"
  tls_disable = false
  tls_cert_file = "/etc/boundary/cert.pem"
  tls_key_file = "/etc/boundary/key.pem"
}

HashiCorp Boundary Zero-Trust Access Studio Enterprise Topology

HashiCorp Boundary Zero-Trust Access Studio Architecture Flow

Overview & Architectural Superiority

Deploy identity-based zero-trust remote access for EKS clusters and Aurora databases without SSH keys, open bastion ports, or legacy static VPN credentials.

Enterprise Production Scenarios

Cryptographic Verification: Prevent tampering in CI/CD pipeline artifact creation and deployment.
Automated Gating: Enforce zero-tolerance security rules before artifacts schedule onto Kubernetes clusters.
Zero Bastions / Zero Static Keys: Ephemeral, identity-based sessions verified against immutable transparency ledgers.

Infrastructure & Software Technology Stack

Zero-Trust Controller

• HashiCorp Boundary 0.17+
• AWS KMS Transit Encryption
• PostgreSQL 16 HA Backend

Private Worker Mesh

• Multi-Hop Reverse Workers
• Zero Public Inbound Ports
• Mutual TLS Tunneling

Target Workloads

• Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
• AWS EKS Private Endpoints
• Session Recording & Audit