Azure Friday: Azure Key Vault Auto Unseal & Dynamic Secrets with HashiCorp Vault

On this episode of Azure Friday, HashiCorp Vault product education engineer Yoko Hyakuna answers the questions: - Why do you need HashiCorp Vault if you already have Azure Key Vault? - How do you reduce the operational overhead of unsealing Vault? - How do you use Vault to generate Azure service principals dynamically?

In a live demo, you'll learn how Azure Key Vault can auto-unseal the HashiCorp Vault server, and how Vault can dynamically generate Azure credentials for apps using its Azure secrets engine feature.

The video will cover: - Introduction to HashiCorp Vault - HashiCorp Vault vs Azure Key Vault - Azure Key Vault using HashiCorp Vault's new (in open source) auto unseal - Vault dynamic secrets in the form of Azure principals

Additional resources

• HashiCorp Vault project website
• Get started with Vault
• Auto-unsealing Vault using Azure Key Vault guide
• Vault server configuration with Azure Key Vault
• Azure Secrets Engine doc
• How does Vault encrypt data?