HashiCorp Vault is a powerful tool designed to securely manage secrets, sensitive data, and encryption services. This training provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts, installation, configuration, and best practices for using Vault to manage and secure your infrastructure’s secrets and sensitive data. Whether you’re an individual looking to enhance your security knowledge or a team seeking to implement Vault in your organization, this training will guide you through real-world use cases and ensure that you understand the key components and best practices for leveraging Vault effectively.

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Course Information

HashiCorp Vault Training

Duration: 25 Hours

Timings: Weekdays (1-2 Hours per day) [OR] Weekends (2-3 Hours per day)

Training Method: Instructor Led Online One-on-One Live Interactive

Sessions.

COURSE CONTENT :

1. Introduction to Vault

• What is HashiCorp Vault?
  • Overview of Vault’s features and capabilities.
  • Why Vault is important for managing secrets and data protection.
• Core Concepts:
  • Secrets Management
  • Encryption as a Service
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Audit Logging

2. Installation and Setup

• Installing Vault on different platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS).
• Setting up Vault in development mode and production mode.
• Initializing and unsealing Vault.

3. Basic Vault Concepts

• Vault Architecture:
  • Storage backends (e.g., Consul, AWS S3, etc.)
  • Secrets engines (KV, Transit, PKI, etc.)
  • Authentication methods (AppRole, GitHub, LDAP, etc.)
  • Policies and Access Control
• Secrets Engines:
  • Key-Value Store (KV)
  • Transit Engine for encryption
  • Dynamic secrets for databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Vault CLI commands:
  • vault status, vault server, vault login, vault read, vault write, vault list

4. Authentication and Authorization

• Authentication Methods:
  • How Vault authenticates users and applications (e.g., Token, AppRole, LDAP, GitHub, Kubernetes)
• Access Control Policies:
  • Vault’s policy language (HCL or JSON)
  • Defining and attaching policies to users or groups.
  • Vault namespaces (for multi-tenancy).

5. Managing Secrets

• Working with KV Secrets Engine:
  • Storing, reading, and deleting secrets.
• Dynamic Secrets:
  • Generating secrets on-demand for databases, cloud providers, etc.
• Using the Transit Secrets Engine for encryption/decryption operations.

6. Vault’s Encryption as a Service

• Encrypt and Decrypt Data:
  • Understanding how to use Vault to encrypt and decrypt data without storing it.
• Transit Secrets Engine:
  • Using Vault to perform encryption tasks without needing to manage keys directly.

7. Vault Security and Best Practices

• Key Management:
  • Vault’s approach to encryption keys and key rotation.
• Vault in High Availability and Disaster Recovery:
  • Configuring Vault in HA mode.
  • Backup and recovery procedures.
• Monitoring and Auditing:
  • Enabling Vault audit logging.
  • Using external monitoring tools.

8. Vault Integration with Other Tools

• Integrating Vault with Cloud Providers:
  • How to use Vault with AWS, GCP, or Azure for secrets management.
• Integrating Vault with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Using Vault to inject secrets into automation pipelines securely.

9. Advanced Topics

• Namespaces:
  • Setting up and managing Vault namespaces for multi-tenancy.
• Consul Integration:
  • Using Vault with Consul as a storage backend.
• Vault Agent and Auto-Authentication:
  • Configuring the Vault agent for automatic token management.
• Scaling and Performance Optimization:
  • Ensuring that Vault performs efficiently in larger, distributed systems.