Oracle announced the Oracle Key Vault (OKV) is now available on Oracle Database Appliance, centralizing and securing keys for TDE and SSH.
Most organizations already encrypt their sensitive data, but encryption alone is not enough to stop a breach. That is why robust, centralized key management is just as critical as strong encryption.
The Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) is a 2U Oracle-engineered system that integrates compute, NVMe flash storage, Oracle Linux, built-in KVM virtualization, and Appliance Manager into a single pre-integrated stack. Unlike generic hardware, ODA is delivered as an Oracle-validated platform with coordinated firmware and OS patch bundles.
As a fully tested Oracle platform, OKV on ODA removes the guesswork from hardware and OS integration, and provides a reliable platform. OKV runs as a dedicated virtual machine on ODA, and every OKV release from 21.12 onward is validated on ODA before it ships, so customers get streamlined support and a single point of accountability across hardware and software.
With OKV on ODA, users get a pre-integrated combination of Oracle hardware, Oracle Linux with built-in KVM virtualization, and Oracle Key Vault. This lets users run OKV, and all required supporting services on a single engineered appliance with strong workload isolation, without needing to design or validate your own key management hardware stack.
With OKV on ODA, Oracle validates the full stack in advance. More importantly, the ODA patch bundle keeps the platform (servers, storage, firmware) in sync, and a separate OKV release update (which also delivers the relevant OS updates for OKV) is applied on top. Together, these coordinated patches reduce your integration effort.
ODA platform management is handled through Appliance Manager for ODA (browser UI, CLI, REST APIs). It gives users a single place to deploy, configure, monitor, and apply coordinated patches, which simplifies day-to-day operations.
Start with as few as 16 cores and scale up as needed, so the OKV deployment can handle more keys and clients over time without redesigning the environment.
The key management stack runs on Oracle Linux hardened with only the required OS services and end-to-end auditing across ODA and OKV, providing a compliant platform.
Deploying Oracle Key Vault on ODA provides strong security, tight integration, reliability, and simplified management.
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