Updates to the HashiCorp Learn's Vault-Kubernetes Collection

»Get Started with the Vault Helm Chart

Vault’s support for Kubernetes continues to mature with new Helm chart releases that you can explore in these hands-on tutorials.

The Vault Helm chart enables you to launch a Vault cluster in Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

• Vault Installation to Red Hat OpenShift via Helm starts Vault and deploys applications that request secrets directly from Vault or through secret injection with deployment annotations.

• Vault Installation to Google Kubernetes Engine via Helm starts Vault as a cluster with internal storage all from the command-line interface.

• Vault Installation to Azure Kubernetes Service via Helm starts Vault with the web UI enabled for web-based secrets management.

HashiCorp Learn tutorials explore applications through request secrets directly from Vault, through secret injection via the annotations, and the Kubernetes Container Storage Interface. Vault may also be configured as a certificate manager.

• Configure Vault as a Certificate Manager in Kubernetes with Helm enables your services to establish their identity and communicate securely over the network with other services or clients internal or external to the cluster.

»Prepare for Production

These tutorials focus on deploying Vault quickly to realize its value. When the time comes to deploy Vault in production it is important to understand its architecture, follow the deployment guide, gain awareness of security concerns, and understand how to troubleshoot it.

• Vault on Kubernetes Reference Architecture outlines a reference architecture for deployment of HashiCorp Vault in the context of the Kubernetes cluster scheduler.
• Vault on Kubernetes Deployment Guide covers the steps required to install and configure a single HashiCorp Vault cluster as defined in the Vault Reference Architecture.
• Vault on Kubernetes Security Considerations highlights the extra precautions needed when you deploy Vault on Kubernetes in production.
• Troubleshooting Vault on Kubernetes translates your Vault troubleshooting knowledge to the new set of challenges, operational patterns, and practices of the deploying on Kubernetes.

»Start Learning

Explore these and other hands-on Vault tutorials for Kubernetes on HashiCorp Learn.