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Vault Installation and Setup

Install and configure HashiCorp Vault to protect the real TaskFlow backend's secrets with authentication, a scoped KV engine, and a least-privilege policy.

45 minutes
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Lab Overview

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 18. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

  • Week 18: Secrets Management with HashiCorp Vault (slug: secrets-management-vault)

This lab runs the real TaskFlow backend (the same application you fork in Week 1 and build on every week) and stands up the Vault instance that protects TaskFlow's secrets. The later Week 18 labs (dynamic secrets, Kubernetes integration, PKI, transit) each build on this same foundation.

Learn HashiCorp Vault fundamentals by installing Vault, configuring authentication for TaskFlow's operators and backend workload, storing TaskFlow's real backend secrets in the KV engine, and enforcing least-privilege access with a scoped policy.

What You'll Learn

Install HashiCorp Vault via Helm in dev mode and confirm the TaskFlow backend it protects is running

Configure userpass and AppRole authentication and authenticate as the TaskFlow backend to verify token issuance

Enable the KV v2 secrets engine and store, rotate, and retrieve TaskFlow's backend secrets using the Vault CLI

Write a Vault policy scoped to TaskFlow's secret path, bind it to the backend AppRole, and verify least-privilege enforcement with a live permission-denied test

Technologies Covered

vaultsecrets-managementsecurityhashicorp

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