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Vault Policies and Authorization
Master Vault policy creation, path-based access controls, built-in policies, and fine-grained authorization for secure secrets management.
75 minutes
security/vault

Lab Overview
Learn comprehensive Vault policy management including built-in policies, custom policy creation, path patterns, and advanced authorization controls for securing access to secrets and operations.
You'll learn to:
- Understand Vault's built-in policies (default, root)
- Create and manage custom policies with HCL syntax
- Implement path-based access controls and patterns
- Use wildcard and templated policy paths effectively
- Apply fine-grained capabilities and constraints
- Test and validate policy effectiveness
Prerequisites
Vault CLI Basics Lab
Production Vault Server Setup Lab
Vault Authentication Methods Lab
Technologies Covered
vaultpoliciesauthorizationaccess-controlhclpath-patternssecurity
Part of a Course
This lab is part of the Vault 101: Secrets Management Fundamentals course
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