LABINTERMEDIATE

Vault CSI Provider for Kubernetes Secret Mounting

Learn how to use the Vault CSI Provider to mount secrets directly into Kubernetes pods as files using the Secrets Store CSI Driver.

45 minutes
security/vault
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Lab Overview

This hands-on lab teaches you how to use the Vault CSI Provider as an alternative to the Agent Injector for providing secrets to Kubernetes applications.

You'll learn to:

  • Reconfigure Vault to enable CSI Provider instead of Agent Injector
  • Install and configure the Secrets Store CSI Driver
  • Create SecretProviderClass resources for Vault integration
  • Mount Vault secrets directly into pod filesystems
  • Compare CSI Provider vs Agent Injector approaches
  • Understand when to use each secret delivery method
  • Troubleshoot CSI volume mounting issues

This lab demonstrates an alternative approach to Kubernetes secret management using CSI volumes for direct secret mounting.

Prerequisites

Vault Agent Injector Lab

Understanding of Kubernetes volumes and CSI

Technologies Covered

vaultkubernetescsi-driversecrets-storevolume-mountinghelm

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This lab is part of the Vault 201: Advanced Vault in Kubernetes course

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