http://www.d10.dev/categories/vault/ Recent content in vault on d10 Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:51:17 -0800 http://www.d10.dev/blog/vault-plugin-algo/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:51:17 -0800 http://www.d10.dev/blog/vault-plugin-algo/ This post is based on my experience writing a plugin for HashiCorp’s Vault. While HashiCorp provides thorough documentation, I found that I had to read the code of several open-source plugins before I grokked a bigger picture of Vault plugin development. This is my attempt to document details that are not spelled out in HashiCorp’s basic example. Vault Paths & Policies Paths are a key concept of Vault. It’s fundamental to understand how they work, because Vault gets its utility and flexibility largely from the path mechanism.