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HashiCorp Vault

Use cases for using Vault ? How to mitigate the below mentioned cases For the plain text passwords stored in notepads AWS Access/Secret keys stored in notepads Tokens stored in notepads We need a system with functionalities Manage Secrets and Protect Sensivite Data Idenity Based Access Managment Generate Dynamic Secrets[DB Creds,AWS Creds and others] Open Source Use Case - Dynamic Secrets Users request credentials Vault share the dynamic secrets with lifespan for the secret When users request after the expiry , vault will generate new secret Preparation materials https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/tutorials/associate-cert-003 Exam Pattern & Cost Overview of Hashicorp Vault HashiCorp Vault allows organization to securely store secrets like tokens,passwords,certificates along with access management for protecting secrets. Secrets can include database passwords, AWS Secret/Secret keys, API Tokens, encryption keys Once vault is integrated with multiple backends, major access related to Access Management can be taken care by vault. Installing Vault in Windows Servers: Vault installation is very easy You have a binary file, we need to download and use it Supported platforms Windows macOS Linux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD Solaris Software download path Overview of vault Dev mode The Dev server mode in Vault is useful for local development & testing Not very secure Everything is stored in-memory[will loose data on every restart] Start dev server by running the command vault server -dev Copy the url - http://127.0.0.1:8200 , which is highlighted and also copy the token, which is required for login Go to command prompt and type Ctrl+X , it will break the dev url then the command vault status Error checking seal status: Get "http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/seal-status": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8200: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. Try to run the dev URL command vault server -dev, render the url with the new token in the cmd prompt

Feb 20, 2025 - 19:04

Use cases for using Vault ? How to mitigate the below mentioned cases

For the plain text passwords stored in notepads
AWS Access/Secret keys stored in notepads
Tokens stored in notepads

We need a system with functionalities

Manage Secrets and Protect Sensivite Data
Idenity Based Access Managment
Generate Dynamic Secrets[DB Creds,AWS Creds and others]
Open Source

Use Case - Dynamic Secrets

Users request credentials
Vault share the dynamic secrets with lifespan for the secret
When users request after the expiry , vault will generate new secret

Preparation materials
https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/tutorials/associate-cert-003

Exam Pattern & Cost

Overview of Hashicorp Vault

HashiCorp Vault allows organization to securely store secrets like tokens,passwords,certificates along with access management for protecting secrets.
Secrets can include database passwords, AWS Secret/Secret keys, API Tokens, encryption keys
Once vault is integrated with multiple backends, major access related to Access Management can be taken care by vault.

Installing Vault in Windows Servers:

Vault installation is very easy
You have a binary file, we need to download and use it

Supported platforms

Windows
macOS
Linux
FreeBSD
NetBSD
OpenBSD
Solaris

Software download path

Overview of vault Dev mode

The Dev server mode in Vault is useful for local development & testing
Not very secure
Everything is stored in-memory[will loose data on every restart]
Start dev server by running the command vault server -dev

Copy the url - http://127.0.0.1:8200 , which is highlighted
and also copy the token, which is required for login

Go to command prompt and type Ctrl+X , it will break the dev url then the command

vault status

Error checking seal status: Get "http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/seal-status": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8200: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

Try to run the dev URL command vault server -dev, render the url with the new token in the cmd prompt