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ShrouDB Engine

Cipher

Encrypt anything without touching the keys.

Hand Cipher a plaintext, get back a ciphertext — your app never sees a key. Rotate every key with one command, and trust that plaintext never lands on disk.

ENCRYPTDECRYPTREWRAPSIGNVERIFY_SIGNATURE

Features

  • Encrypt and decrypt without ever exposing key material
  • Multiple algorithms: AES-256-GCM, ChaCha20-Poly1305, Ed25519, ECDSA-P256, HMAC-SHA256
  • Automatic key rotation with versioned keyrings
  • Convergent encryption for deterministic ciphertext
  • Data key generation for envelope encryption
  • Signing and signature verification
  • Plaintext never touches disk

Quickstart (standalone)

cipher.toml
bind = ":7002"

[keyrings.payments]
algorithm = "aes-256-gcm"
rotation_days = 30

[keyrings.signatures]
algorithm = "ed25519"
rotation_days = 90
terminal
$ shroudb-cipher --config cipher.toml

Command reference

CommandArgsDescription
ENCRYPT<keyring> <plaintext> [CONTEXT ctx]Encrypt bytes under a keyring
DECRYPT<keyring> <ciphertext>Decrypt a Cipher ciphertext
REWRAP<keyring> <ciphertext>Re-encrypt to latest key version
GENERATE_DATA_KEY<keyring>Envelope-encrypted data key
SIGN<keyring> <message>Produce a signature
VERIFY_SIGNATURE<keyring> <msg> <sig>Verify a signature
ROTATE<keyring>Introduce a new key version
KEY_INFO<keyring>Inspect versions and algorithm

Bundle into Moat

Drop Cipher into a unified Moat process and it inherits the shared auth layer, storage, and telemetry — no extra wiring.

moat.toml
[engines.cipher]
enabled = true

[engines.cipher.keyrings.payments]
algorithm = "aes-256-gcm"
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