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Integrating HashiCorp Vault Authentication to a Website

In this lab, we will need to set up a web application and configure it to use HashiCorp vault for authentication, without storing user credentials to a local database.

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 06, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Unseal the Vault and Login with the Root Token

    1. In the Vault Server, retrieve the vault keys.
    2. Unseal the vault.
    3. Log in with the Initial Root Token.

  2. Challenge

    Enable Kv Secrets Engine and Create a Token with a Policy That Allows Access to It

    1. Enable kv secrets engine.
    2. Start python3.6.
    3. In the Python Interactive Console, create a hash.
    4. Copy the hash.
    5. Write a key-value secret using the email and hash.
    6. Create a policy file named web-policy.hcl, and give it read permissions.
    7. Write the policy.
    8. Create a token with the new policy.
    9. Copy the client_token
    10. Test out the token.

  3. Challenge

    Install `pip for python3`, the `Django` framework, and Allow the Web Server to Access the App

    1. Clone the Git repository.
    2. Install python3-pip.
    3. Using pip3, install the Django framework.
    4. Open the settings.py file.
    5. Add the Web Server public IP address to the ALLOWED_HOSTS.
    6. Save the file.
    7. Open the views.py file.
    8. In the get_hashed_vault_creds() function, change the url and hdr.
    9. Save the file.
    10. Change to the HashiCorp-Vault/ directory.
    11. Run the django app.
    12. Open a web browser, go to 0.0.0.0:8080, and test the login.
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