diff --git a/config/auth_kubernetes_role/k8s/au/syd1/logging_logarchiver.yaml b/config/auth_kubernetes_role/k8s/au/syd1/logging_logarchiver.yaml
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+bound_service_account_names:
+  - logarchiver
+bound_service_account_namespaces:
+  - logging
+token_ttl: 600
+token_max_ttl: 600
+audience: vault
diff --git a/config/gpg_key/gpg/logarchive.yaml b/config/gpg_key/gpg/logarchive.yaml
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+# config/gpg_key/gpg/logarchive.yaml
+# OpenPGP key in the gpg engine for the logarchiver service. The private key
+# stays in Vault; logarchiver reads only the exported public key
+# (gpg/keys/logarchive) to encrypt archived logs, and retrieval delegates
+# decryption back to gpg/decrypt/logarchive. Key name = "logarchive", backend = "gpg".
+algorithm: rsa-4096
+identity: "logarchive <logarchive@unkin.net>"
+exportable: false
diff --git a/policies/gpg/logarchive_public_read.yaml b/policies/gpg/logarchive_public_read.yaml
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+# Allow the logarchiver service (logging namespace, SA logarchiver) to read the
+# logarchive public key. A plain read on gpg/keys/logarchive returns the armored
+# public_key; no decrypt/export capability is granted (decrypt stays operator-only).
+---
+rules:
+  - path: "gpg/keys/logarchive"
+    capabilities:
+      - read
+
+auth:
+  k8s/au/syd1:
+    - logging_logarchiver