HashiCorp Certified Vault Associate: Vault Management
This course will teach you concepts for configuring and managing Vault to prepare for the Associate Exam.
What you'll learn
HashiCorp Vault is an open-source secrets management platform, providing a secure enclave for static and dynamic secrets.
In this course, HashiCorp Certified Vault Associate: Vault Management, you’ll learn to how to configure and manage a deployment of HashiCorp Vault:
- explore the architecture of Vault server including storage and encryption
- discover how to use the Identity engine to manage entities and policy assignment
- learn how to enable and configure the Transit engine and Vault agent
Table of contents
- Overview 1m
- Configuring Vault Server 2m
- Examining the Vault Configuration File 4m
- Working with Storage Backends 3m
- Globomantics Storage Scenario 1m
- Reviewing the Storage Configuration 2m
- Starting up Vault Server 1m
- Demonstration Overview 1m
- Reviewing the Vault Configuration 3m
- Provisioning Vault Certificates 4m
- Running Vault with Docker 2m
- Initializing and Unsealing Vault 2m
- Running the Init and Unseal Commands 3m
- Managing Keys in Vault 2m
- Running the Rekey and Rotate Commands 3m
- Key Takeaways 2m
- Overview 1m
- Exploring the Identity Engine 1m
- Identity Engine Objects 2m
- Identity Engine Relationships 4m
- Globomantics Identity Scenario 1m
- Demonstration Overview 1m
- Preparing Auth Methods 3m
- Creating Entities and Aliases at the CLI 4m
- Creating Entities and Aliases in the UI 2m
- Creating an Internal Group at the CLI 2m
- Assigning Policies 3m
- Globomantics Policy Scenario 1m
- Assigning Policies at the CLI 2m
- Key Takeaways 2m
- Overview 1m
- Exploring the Transit Engine 3m
- Globomantics Encryption Scenario 1m
- Cryptographic Key Features 2m
- Managing Key Versions 2m
- Working with the Transit Engine 3m
- Demonstration Overview 1m
- Adding Keys to the Transit Engine 3m
- Encrypting Data with the Transit Engine 4m
- Encrypting Data at the CLI 3m
- Managing Keys at the CLI 5m
- Key Takeaways 2m
- Overview 1m
- Application Integration with Vault 2m
- Vault Agent Overview 2m
- Vault Agent Auto-Auth 2m
- Auto-Auth Workflow and Configuration 2m
- Vault Agent Secrets Caching 1m
- Secrets Caching Workflow and Configuration 2m
- Vault Agent Templates 2m
- Template Workflow and Configuration 2m
- Globomantics Vault Agent Scenario 1m
- Demonstration Overview 1m
- Reviewing the Vault Agent Configuration 4m
- Setting Prerequisites for Vault Agent 2m
- Running the Vault Agent 2m
- Key Takeaways 2m
Course FAQ
HashiCorp Vault is a secrets management tool specifically designed to control access to sensitive credentials in a low-trust environment.
In this course, you will learn how to utilize the Vault architecture, use the identity engine, consume encryption as a service, and leverage the Vault agent.
Prerequisites for this course are: an understanding of basic command line tools, Bash and PowerShell commands, and you should have completed the "Getting Started with HashiCorp Vault" Course.
This course will give you the required HashiCorp Vault skills and knowledge to prepare you for the Certified Vault Associate Exam.
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