HashiCorp Vault Fundamentals

Name: HashiCorp Vault Fundamentals
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Learn the basics of HashiCorp Vault in 1 hour

Created bySam Gabrail

Last updated 3/2024

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What you'll learn

Explain the purpose of using Vault for modern secrets management
Gain a high-level understanding of the architecture and use cases for Vault
Set up a Vault server in a lab environment
Undertand the basics of the Vault agent

Course content

3 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 11m total length

Introduction1:55
This course is a HashiCorp Vault Tutorial for Beginners. It's a 1-hour full course.
HashiCorp Vault is the prominent secrets management solution today. It is currently used by the top financial institutions and enterprises in the world. I've created this Vault Fundamentals course for you.
This is a one-hour video course which is a subset of a much larger course that is eight hours long that course is called [HashiCorp Vault 101 - Certified Vault Associate](https://courses.tekanaid.com/p/hashicorp-vault-101-certified-vault-associate) it will help you dig deeper and be ready for the vault associate exam. Stick around till the end of the course as I have a surprise for you in the bonus section.
Code Repository0:06

What is HashiCorp Vault?3:58
HashiCorp Vault provides cloud-agnostic secrets management across multi-cloud and on-premises environments, using an API-driven control plane to generate dynamic, short-lived credentials and encrypt data on the fly.
Vault Use Cases5:25
Basic Vault CLI Commands4:21
Vault Server Modes10:53
Explore Vault server modes, including dev mode for testing and production mode, learn about unsealing, root tokens, and writing and reading secrets with the cave secret engine.
Vault Architecture - Internals2:20
Explore vault architecture internals, including the core, API, storage backend, and the cryptographic barrier that protects the core, with untrusted storage, encryption at rest, and a pluggable backend.
Vault Seal and Unseal7:50
The Configuration File1:27
Configure the vault server with a json or hcl config file, then use vault server -config to start, initialize, obtain unseal keys and root token, unseal and interact with Vault.
Run a Production Vault Server Lab10:34
Authentication Methods - Overview2:07
Types of Auth Methods2:28
Vault Policies - Overview3:32
Explain how Vault policies govern access by attaching to tokens and enforcing least privilege. Compare default and root policies, deny-by-default, and best practices for revoking root tokens.
Vault Tokens - Overview1:43
Explore the token authentication back end, a built-in vault component that cannot be disabled and creates and stores tokens as the core method. Avoid direct token generation bypassing methods.
Secrets Engines - Overview3:23
Replication Design with DR and PR6:31
The Vault Agent - Overview2:18
Explore the vault agent, a client daemon that uses the same vault binary to handle authentication, token renewal, dynamic secret caching, and templates that render secrets into a config file.

Requirements

An open mind and a willingness to learn
Basic knowledge of the Linux terminal
No coding experience required (but good to have)

Description

This course is a HashiCorp Vault Tutorial for Beginners. It's a 1-hour full course.

HashiCorp Vault is the prominent secrets management solution today. It is currently used by the top financial institutions and enterprises in the world. I've created this vault fundamentals course just for you. This is a one-hour video course for beginners in HashiCorp Vault.

Secrets management is a topic on many security professionals' minds. Secrets sprawl is a common challenge for many organizations. A secret is basically data considered sensitive. It could be usernames, passwords, encryption keys, API keys, and so on. These secrets may live in numerous places in an organization. They could live in source code in git repos. They may be saved in excel files on developers' machines. They could even live on post-it notes under someone's keyboard.

HashiCorp Vault solves this secrets sprawl by centralizing all secrets at an organization into one central location. It also manages access to these secrets with proper auditing mechanisms.

Below are the topics covered in this course:

What is HashiCorp Vault?
Vault Use Cases
Basic Vault CLI Commands
Vault Server Modes
Vault Architecture - Internals
Vault Seal and Unseal
The Configuration File
Run a Production Vault Server Lab
Authentication Methods - Overview
Types of Auth Methods
Vault Policies - Overview
Vault Tokens - Overview
Secrets Engines - Overview
Replication Design with DR and PR
The Vault Agent - Overview

Who this course is for:

Practitioners and technology managers looking for an introduction to secrets management with HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Vault Fundamentals

What you'll learn

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Course content

Course Introduction2 lectures • 2min

Vault Fundamentals15 lectures • 1hr 9min

Bonus1 lecture • 1min

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