diff --git a/examples/openbao/.test.sh b/examples/openbao/.test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0f2107329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/openbao/.test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x
+
+# openbao status and store its exit status
+check_openbao_status() {
+  echo "Waiting for service to become available..."
+  OPENBAO_OUTPUT=$(bao status 2>&1)
+  OPENBAO_EXIT_STATUS=$?
+}
+
+# Continuously check openbao status until it returns successfully (up to a maximum of 100 times)
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+for i in $(seq 1 20); do
+  check_openbao_status
+  if [ $OPENBAO_EXIT_STATUS -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Service is up..."
+    break
+  else
+    sleep 1
+  fi
+done
+
+# Print the captured output when openbao status succeeds
+echo "Startup complete..."
+bao version
+echo "$OPENBAO_OUTPUT"
+
+# Exit the script
+exit "$OPENBAO_EXIT_STATUS"
diff --git a/examples/openbao/devenv.nix b/examples/openbao/devenv.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60889842f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/openbao/devenv.nix
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+{ ... }:
+{
+  services.openbao.enable = true;
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/services/openbao.nix b/src/modules/services/openbao.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f73fd2697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/services/openbao.nix
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+{ pkgs
+, lib
+, config
+, ...
+}:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.openbao;
+
+  types = lib.types;
+
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "config.hcl" ''
+    storage "file" {
+      path = "${config.env.DEVENV_STATE}/openbao-data"
+    }
+
+    listener "tcp" {
+      address     = "${cfg.address}"
+      tls_disable = "true"
+    }
+
+    disable_clustering = ${if cfg.disableClustering then "true" else "false"}
+    ui                 = ${if cfg.ui then "true" else "false"}
+  '';
+
+  configureScript = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "configure-openbao" ''
+    set -euo pipefail
+
+    # Wait for the vault server to start up
+    response=""
+    while [ -z "$response" ]; do
+      response=$(${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -s --max-time 5 "${config.env.VAULT_API_ADDR}/v1/sys/init" | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq '.initialized' || true)
+      if [ -z "$response" ]; then
+        echo "Waiting for openbao server to respond..."
+        sleep 1
+      fi
+    done
+
+    if [ -f "${config.env.DEVENV_STATE}/env_file" ]; then
+      source "${config.env.DEVENV_STATE}/env_file"
+    fi
+
+    # Initialize it if needed
+    if [ "$response" == "false" ]; then
+      echo "Performing initialization"
+      response=$(${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -s --request POST --data '{"secret_shares": 1, "secret_threshold": 1}' "${config.env.VAULT_API_ADDR}/v1/sys/init")
+
+      root_token=$(echo "$response" | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -r '.root_token')
+      first_key_base64=$(echo "$response" | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -r '.keys_base64[0]')
+
+      export VAULT_TOKEN="$root_token"
+      export UNSEAL_KEY="$first_key_base64"
+
+      echo "export VAULT_TOKEN=$VAULT_TOKEN" > "${config.env.DEVENV_STATE}/env_file"
+      echo "export UNSEAL_KEY=$UNSEAL_KEY" >> "${config.env.DEVENV_STATE}/env_file"
+    fi
+
+    echo "OpenBao Unseal key is $UNSEAL_KEY"
+    echo "OpenBao Root token is $VAULT_TOKEN"
+
+    # Unseal the vault
+    is_sealed=$(${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -s "${config.env.VAULT_API_ADDR}/v1/sys/seal-status" | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq '.sealed' || true)
+    if [ "$is_sealed" == "true" ]; then
+      echo "OpenBao is sealed. Attempting to unsealing automatically..."
+      response=$(${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -s --request POST --data "{\"key\": \"$UNSEAL_KEY\"}" "${config.env.VAULT_API_ADDR}/v1/sys/unseal")
+      if ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -e '.errors' <<< "$response" > /dev/null; then
+        echo "Failed to unseal OpenBao: $response"
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    while true
+    do
+      sleep 1
+    done
+  '';
+in
+{
+  options.services.openbao = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "openbao process";
+
+    package = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      description = "Which package of OpenBao to use.";
+      default = pkgs.openbao;
+      defaultText = lib.literalExpression "pkgs.openbao";
+    };
+
+    address = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = "127.0.0.1:8200";
+      description = ''
+        Specifies the address to bind to for listening
+      '';
+    };
+
+    disableClustering = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Specifies whether clustering features such as request forwarding are enabled
+      '';
+    };
+
+    ui = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Enables the built-in web UI
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    packages = [ cfg.package ];
+    env.VAULT_API_ADDR = "http://${cfg.address}";
+    env.VAULT_ADDR = "http://${cfg.address}";
+    scripts.openbao.exec = "exec ${cfg.package}/bin/bao $@";
+    processes.openbao.exec = "${cfg.package}/bin/bao server -config=${configFile}";
+    processes.openbao-configure.exec = "${configureScript}/bin/configure-openbao";
+  };
+}