Introduction to HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Vault is a service to manage secrets. Based on the policies configured, Vault provide APIs to manage the secrets.

 

You can use HashiCorp Vault platform to store and securely access the tokens, passwords, certificates, encryption keys etc.,

 

Advantages of HashiCorp Vault

a.   We can store and manage the secrets in secure way.

b.   You can dynamically generate new secrets.

c.    Vault encrypt the data before it persist.

d.   You can write custom plugins to extend Vault platform.

e.   Vault automate the generation of certificates for authentication (Generate dynamic X.509 certificates).

f.     Mange access to secrets using policies.

g.   Vault has audit devices which logs all the interactions.

h.   You can interact with Vault using HTTP API, CLI or User Interface.

 

 

 

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