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vault
Vault is a command line tool created by HashiCorp, designed to securely store and manage sensitive information in modern infrastructure. It provides a secure and centralized storage for passwords, encryption keys, API tokens, and other secrets.
Vault supports various authentication methods like tokens, AWS IAM, GitHub, and more, allowing users to securely access the stored secrets. It also provides multiple storage backends, including Consul, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Amazon S3.
Vault employs encryption-at-rest, ensuring that all secrets are stored securely on disk. It also supports dynamic secrets, enabling secrets to be generated on-demand, providing an additional layer of security by reducing the lifespan of credentials.
With Vault, secret management is made easier through its comprehensive and intuitive command line interface. Users can create, read, update, and delete secrets, as well as manage policies and authentication methods.
Vault integrates well with cloud-native applications and systems, providing APIs for programmatic access and allowing for automation and orchestration of secrets management. It also offers a highly scalable and highly available architecture, suitable for enterprise-level deployments.
Additionally, Vault offers robust auditing capabilities, allowing administrators to monitor access and track secret usage. It also provides an integrated secrets auditing feature that can notify administrators about unauthorized access attempts.
Overall, Vault is a powerful and flexible command line tool that allows organizations to secure and streamline their secret management processes, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information in modern infrastructure.
List of commands for vault:
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vault:tldr:296bb vault: Store a new secret in the vault, using the generic back-end called "secret".$ vault write secret/${hello} value=${world}try on your machineexplain this command
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vault:tldr:7961d vault: Unseal (unlock) the vault, by providing one of the key shares needed to access the encrypted data store.$ vault unseal ${key-share-x}try on your machineexplain this command
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vault:tldr:7c94a vault: Authenticate the CLI client against the Vault server, using an authentication token.$ vault auth ${authentication_token}try on your machineexplain this command
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vault:tldr:8a1c6 vault: Connect to a Vault server and initialize a new encrypted data store.$ vault inittry on your machineexplain this command
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vault:tldr:a0b1d vault: Read a specific field from the value.$ vault read -field=${field_name} secret/${hello}try on your machineexplain this command
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vault:tldr:e29c2 vault: Read a value from the vault, using the generic back-end called "secret".$ vault read secret/${hello}try on your machineexplain this command
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vault:tldr:fa27c vault: Seal (lock) the Vault server, by removing the encryption key of the data store from memory.$ vault sealtry on your machineexplain this command