Flexibility and security. Two characteristics that cannot be compromised in the age of multi-cloud and DevOps, yet most secrets management tools were designed around the idea that both cannot be achieved together. Enter HashiCorp Vault, built around the philosophy that securing secrets is more effective when the interaction of a secrets management service aligns with other DevOps tools available today.

Vault has quickly become the de-facto solution in secrets management over recent years, finding its way into many Global 2000 companies. This book will cover multiple aspects of Vault, from planning the service, architectural design, and deployment of Vault, to managing the service once it is up and running.

With a combined 40 years of experience working in technology and more than three years working specifically with Vault, Bryan and Dan walk users through the process of designing and building a production-ready Vault service.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to HashiCorp Vault

2. Planning a Vault Deployment

3. Building a Vault Service Foundation

4. Configuring Vault Components

5. Managing the Vault Service

6. Extending and Integrating Vault

About the Authors

With an education in Information Security and 20 years of technical operations experience, Dan McTeer is passionate about DevSecOps and simplifying the implementation of security in technical operations processes. He recently moved over to HashiCorp from Adobe, where he was managing a global SRE team responsible for the technical operations of many of Adobe’s security-related services.

Dan is married to an amazing and loving wife who is always pushing him to be a better human being. In his spare time, you can find Dan cheering on his crazy kids, traveling the world, flying drones, riding his mountain bike, or just gazing at the stars.

Bryan Krausen is a Senior Technical Consultant with over 20 years in enterprise IT. Currently, Bryan specializes in Amazon Web Services and HashiCorp tools. Bryan focuses on cloud design, facilitating customer workshops that define business and technical requirements to allow businesses to deliver applications on the AWS cloud platform. Bryan is also the first person to earn the HashiCorp Vault Expert partner certification.

Bryan has deployed and assisted with the adoption of HashiCorp Vault for multiple Fortune 1000 companies and has taught over 5000 students how to use HashiCorp tools.

Bryan often speaks at community events, such as HashiConf (2019, 2020), HashiTalks (2019), and many HashiCorp User Groups across the mid-west and the eastern US.