Learning HashiCorp Vault

1h 43mBeginner2018-09-20

Authors

David Swersky

DevOps and Enterprise Architect with 20+ years of IT experience

Course details

Secrets management refers to the practices, techniques, and technology used to keep sensitive data safe from prying eyes. Tools like HashiCorp Vault—an open-source solution that provides secrets management and encryption capabilities—offer features that can help organizations large and small securely access their passwords, certificates, and other secrets. In this course, learn how Vault can solve key problems related to secrets management, how to run and use Vault, and how to securely implement Vault without putting your secrets at risk. Instructor David Swersky goes over how to work with Vault secrets engines, run a Vault server, configure the database secrets engine, securely distribute access keys to machines and people, use the Vault API, and more.

Learning objectives
What is Vault?
Using the dev server
Working with Vault secrets engines
Adding policies to Vault
Running and using Vault
Configuring the database secrets engine
Implementing Vault
Integrating Jenkins with Vault
Using the Vault API

Skills covered

VaultDevOps ToolsAutodeskDevOpsLearning

Concepts

Introduction

Secrets management with Vault
What you should know
Setting up your environment

Introduction to Vault

What is Vault
Vault cryptography
Vault concepts and architecture

Getting Started with Vault

Using the dev server
Introduction to Vault secrets engines
Working with Vault secrets engines
Vault authentication
Vault policies overview
Adding policies to Vault

Running and Using Vault

Running a Vault server
Initializing and unsealing a Vault server
Running the containers
SSH secrets engine overview
SSH secrets engine set up
Database secrets engine overview
Configuring the database secrets engine
Policies and credentials with the database secrets engine

Implementing Vault

Secure introduction overview
Secure introduction approaches
Integrating Jenkins with Vault
Vault response wrapping

Using the Vault API

Using Postman to demonstrate the Vault API

Conclusion

Next steps with Vault