These pages describe how to install and configure SPIRE. This section also includes information about APIs available to interface with SPIRE and how to configure SPIRE to output to popular telemetry applications.

For implementation examples, see Spire Architecture, Microservices Communication, and Keyless Authentication.

• Getting SPIRE

  Platforms on Which SPIRE is Supported

• Install the SPIRE Server

  How to install the SPIRE Server on Linux and Kubernetes

• Install SPIRE Agents

  How to install the SPIRE Agents on Linux and Kubernetes

• Configuring SPIRE

  How to configure SPIRE for your environment

• Registering workloads

  Registering workloads with SPIFFE IDs in the SPIRE Server

• Working with SVIDs

  How to write code to work with SPIFFE SVIDs

• SPIFFE Library Usage Examples

  Writing code in your applications to create SPIFFE-enabled connections

• SPIRE Agent Configuration Reference

  Command line options, agent.conf settings, and built-in plugins for SPIRE Agent

• SPIRE Server Configuration Reference

  Command line options, server.conf settings, and built-in plugins for SPIRE Server

• SPIRE Telemetry Configuration

  Configure SPIRE Agent and Server metrics output to supported sinks