This course offers an in-depth understanding of HashiCorp Vault, a powerful tool for securing, storing, and managing secrets such as passwords, tokens, and certificates. Learners will explore Vault’s architecture, including its server and client components, and understand the benefits it brings over other secret management tools.

The course covers installing Vault on different operating systems, configuring its settings, and verifying installations. Participants will learn how to create, manage, and retrieve secrets and the lifecycle management of these sensitive assets. Vault’s policies, which control access to secrets, will be explored in detail, along with the various authentication methods Vault supports (such as tokens, LDAP, and userpass).

An essential component of the course is the Vault Secrets Engines, which handle different types of secrets such as key-value pairs, certificates, and encryption keys. Learners will also see how Vault integrates with applications and services using SDKs and APIs. Advanced topics include Vault clustering, replication, performance optimization, and security best practices.

Through practical examples and case studies, participants will gain hands-on experience managing secrets, encrypting data, and integrating Vault into existing infrastructure.

What You’ll Learn

• HashiCorp Vault Fundamentals: Understand Vault architecture, including servers, clients, and secrets.
• Installation and Configuration: Learn how to install Vault on various operating systems, configure settings, and verify installation.
• Secrets Management: Explore creating, storing, and managing secrets such as passwords, tokens, and certificates, along with lifecycle management.
• Vault Policies: Learn how to create and manage policies for secret access, using path-based permissions.
• Authentication Methods: Understand how to use various authentication methods like tokens, userpass, LDAP, and others, and configure authentication backends.
• Secrets Engines: Learn to use different Vault secrets engines such as Key-Value, PKI, and Transit for managing various types of secrets.
• Vault Integration: Discover how to integrate Vault with applications and services using SDKs and APIs.
• Advanced Features: Explore advanced Vault topics like clustering, replication, performance optimization, and security best practices.
• Practical Applications: Learn through real-world examples, including managing passwords and certificates, encrypting data, and using Vault in development workflows.