Read a secret

Read a KV v2 secret and extract the data payload

vault kv get -format=json secret/myapp/config | jq '.data.data'
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vault31 commands
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vaultsecurity

More vault commands

  • List secrets at path
    vault kv list secret/myapp/

    List all keys under a KV v2 prefix

  • Create periodic token
    vault token create -policy=read-only -period=24h -display-name=ci-pipeline

    Issue a renewable token with a 24h TTL for CI

  • Enable Kubernetes auth method
    vault auth enable kubernetes && vault write auth/kubernetes/config kubernetes_host=https://kubernetes.default.svc

    Allow pods to authenticate with Vault via ServiceAccount JWT

  • Generate dynamic DB credentials
    vault read database/creds/readonly-role

    Obtain short-lived Postgres credentials from the database secrets engine

  • Seal / unseal Vault
    vault operator seal vault operator unseal $UNSEAL_KEY

    Manually seal or unseal Vault with an unseal key shard

all 31 vault commands