Managing HashiCorp Vault
HashiCorp Vault is an open-source secrets management solution. In this course, you will learn to deploy and manage Vault server, including deploying a highly available Vault cluster, configuring role-based access control, and monitoring Vault health.
What you'll learn
While the development instance is great for learning to use Vault, deploying the solution in production will require additional skills and knowledge. In this course, Managing HashiCorp Vault, you will learn how to deploy and manage HashiCorp Vault. First, you will learn about the different deployment options and how to determine which is right for you. Then, you will discover how to harden your Vault server instance and make the service highly available. Finally, you will understand how to properly monitor, update, and scale the Vault service. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills necessary to confidentially deploy Vault server in production and maintain the deployment going forward.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- Vault Server Configuration 2m
- General Parameters 4m
- Listener Parameters 4m
- Storage Options 3m
- Globomantics Requirements 2m
- Azure VMs Deployment Overview 1m
- Installing Vault Server on an Azure VM 6m
- Initializing Vault Server on an Azure VM 3m
- Azure Kubernetes Service Deployment Overview 3m
- Preparing the Azure Kubernetes Cluster 5m
- Deploying the Consult Cluster 3m
- Deploying Vault Server 5m
- Exposing Vault Server through a Service 3m
- Hardening Vault Server 4m
- Conclusion 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Monitoring Definitions 2m
- Implementing Monitoring at Globomantics 1m
- Vault Telemetry Configuration 3m
- Vault Metrics Collection Setup 2m
- Installing the Telegraf Agent 4m
- Updating the Vault Server Configuration 2m
- Components to Monitor for Vault 2m
- Operating System Metrics 2m
- Vault Application Metrics 4m
- Examining Vault Metrics 9m
- Conclusion 2m
About the author
Ned is an IT professional with almost 20 years of experience in the field. He has been a helpdesk operator, systems administrator, cloud architect, and product manager. In his newest incarnation, he is the Founder of Ned in the Cloud LLC. As a one-man-tech-juggernaut, he develops courses for Pluralsight, runs two podcasts (Day Two Cloud and Buffer Overflow), and creates original content for technology vendors. Ned has been a Microsoft MVP since 2017 and holds a bunch of industry certifications t... more