System and method for providing least privilege access in a microservices architecture

A system of providing administrative access to an endpoint server, the system comprising:

• a bootstrap server including a bootstrap transceiver, a bootstrap memory, and a bootstrap electronic processor electrically coupled to the bootstrap transceiver and the bootstrap memory, wherein responsive to receiving a key update request, the bootstrap electronic processor configured to
• generate an admin key,
• divide the admin key into an first portion and an second portion,
• transmit, via the bootstrap transceiver, the admin key to the endpoint server;
• delete the admin key from the bootstrap memory after transmitting the admin key, and
• store the first portion and the second portion of the admin key in a secret management server;
• a microservice server;
• and
• an admin server including an admin transceiver, an admin memory, and an admin electronic processor electrically coupled to the admin transceiver and to the admin memory, the admin electronic processor configured to
• receive, via the admin transceiver, a request for performing an admin operation on the endpoint server and the first portion of the admin key from the microservice server,
• receive, via the admin transceiver, the second portion of the admin key,
• generate a copy of the admin key based at least in part on the first portion and the second portion of the admin key,
• perform the admin operation on the endpoint server using the copy of the admin key,
• delete the copy of the admin key stored in the admin memory after performing the admin operation on the endpoint server, and
• transmit, via the admin transceiver, a first key update request to the bootstrap server,
• wherein the microservice server is configured to transmit, via a microservice transceiver, a second key update request to the bootstrap server.