Supported platforms, databases, data stores, keystores, and Web browsers

Baffle supports the following industry standard platforms, databases, data stores, keystores and Web browsers.

Platforms

Baffle integrates seamlessly with the following platforms:

• Amazon Web Services – AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform – GCP
• IBM Cloud
• IBM Cloud Financial Services
• Nutanix Enterprise Cloud
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Baffle Shield – RHEL 8 is not currently supported 
• Red Hat OpenShift – Kubernetes

Databases and Data Warehouses

Baffle supports the following databases and data warehouses:

• AWS RDS – Aurora MySQL
• AWS RDS – MariaDB
• AWS RDS – MySQL
• AWS RDS – SQL Server
• AWS Redshift
• Azure SQL
• Azure MySQL
• Google Cloud SQL
• Greenplum Database
• MariaDB
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL 
• Snowflake
• SQL Server

Data stores

Baffle integrates seamlessly with the following data stores:

• Amazon (Simple Storage Service) S3 – Cloud Object Storage
• Microsoft Azure – Blob Storage
• IBM Cloud – Object Storage
• Apache Kafka – Tiered Storage

Keystores and Key Management

Baffle supports the following keystore protocols to store Baffle encryption keys. Most systems store their PKI private key using these solutions, so they are well‑accepted protocols for storing crypto secrets when a simple software-based approach is needed.

Any keystore that provides a PKCS#11 library or supports the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) or REST APIs can be used to integrate with Baffle as a source of encryption keys. In addition, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Key Management Services (KMS) is supported as a keystore through the use of their REST interfaces.

Baffle integrates seamlessly with the following keystores. Keystore parameters are specific to the keystore type or vendor. For this reason, each keystore has a unique set of options:

• Local storage on Baffle Manager’s file system
• AWS KMS
• AWS CloudHSM
• Azure Key Vault 
• Generic HSM
• HashiCorp Vault 
• IBM Key Protect
• Gemalto SafeNet KeySecure
• Thales Key Secure

Web browsers

Baffle Manager supports the latest versions of the following Web browsers:

• Chrome – Google
• Firefox – Mozilla
• Safari – Apple