All data goes in _a_ database, we’re just providing an extension in case you put sensitive data in your own. Developers often store sensitive data, this extension ensures that it’s encrypted at rest so that it doesn’t leak to logs and backups.
Specifically for Supabase customers, we have another extension called pg_net, which can send database changes to external systems asynchronously (called “database webhooks”). One of these systems could be, for example, AWS Lambda, but to do that we will need a Lambda execution key. Vault allows users to safely store this key inside their database, and because it’s co-located with the data the payload can be sent immediately via a trigger (and end-to-end encrypted).
Vault will expose a lot of libsodium functions that are useful to developers - encrypting columns, end-to-end encryption, multi-party encryption for things like chat apps, etc
Specifically for Supabase customers, we have another extension called pg_net, which can send database changes to external systems asynchronously (called “database webhooks”). One of these systems could be, for example, AWS Lambda, but to do that we will need a Lambda execution key. Vault allows users to safely store this key inside their database, and because it’s co-located with the data the payload can be sent immediately via a trigger (and end-to-end encrypted).
Vault will expose a lot of libsodium functions that are useful to developers - encrypting columns, end-to-end encryption, multi-party encryption for things like chat apps, etc