3: Managing Secrets with Vault, with Seth Vargo




Syscast: talking linux, open source, web development and system administration (DevOps) show

Summary: <p>This 3rd episode of SysCast revolves around secrets: managing API keys, passwords, tokens, … with Hashicorp’s Vault.</p> <p>I’m joined by <a href="https://sethvargo.com/">Seth Vargo</a> from Hashicorp who explains how Vault works, its internals, different use cases, key management &amp; rollover and lots of interesting details about Vault itself.</p> <p>If you’re storing your passwords inside your git repository or managing them by hand in yaml/ini files, listen to this episode to learn how Vault can help store credentials more securely and automate secret management for you.</p> <p>Once again, if you have a minute or 2, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/be/podcast/syscast-podcast/id1112318786?mt=2">leave a rating on iTunes</a>.</p> <h2>Shownotes</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/sethvargo">@sethvargo</a> on Twitter</li> <li> <a href="https://www.vaultproject.io">VaultProject.io</a> the official website</li> <li> <a href="https://www.vaultproject.io/#/demo/0">The interactive demo</a> of Vault</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template">Consul Template</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/using-hashicorp-vault-with-chef.html">Using HashiCorp’s Vault with Chef</a> (applicable to Puppet/Ansible, too)</li> </ul> <p>Feedback? Let me know via <a href="mailto:podcast@sysca.st">podcast@sysca.st</a> or at <a href="https://twitter.com/mattiasgeniar">@mattiasgeniar</a> on Twitter.</p>