dockerfiles/vault/README.md

vault

Vault is a tool for securely accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and more. Vault provides a unified interface to any secret, while providing tight access control and recording a detailed audit log.

docker-compose.yml

data:
  image: busybox
  volumes:
    - /var/lib/vault

vault:
  image: vimagick/vault
  ports:
    - "8200:8200"
  volumes-from:
    - data
  restart: always

server

$ cd ~/fig/vault
$ docker-compose up -d
$ docker cp vault_vault_1:/usr/bin/vault /usr/local/bin/

client

$ export VAULT_ADDR='http://127.0.0.1:8200'
$ vault status
$ vault init | tee vault.key
$ vault unseal
$ vault auth xxxxxx
$ vault write secret/hello value=world
$ vault read secret/hello
$ vault seal

• Keep vault.key a secret.
• Run vault unseal 3 times.