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title: "OpenBao and issuing application secrets"
description: "How can you retrieve an OpenBao secret using application identity?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T49.05/"
topicId: "T49.05"
---

> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you retrieve an OpenBao secret using application identity?

## What we will work through

Retrieve an OpenBao secret using application identity.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Authentication, authorization, and sessions: separate responsibilities.

- [Authentication, authorization, and sessions: separate responsibilities](/en/articles/topics/T02.01/)