Managing Secrets with Vault
Passwords, API keys and confidential data fall into the category of secrets. Storing secrets the secure way is a challenge with limiting access and a true secure storage. Let's take a look at Hashicorp Vault and how you can use it to store and access secrets. How do you store Secrets? Passwords, API keys, secure Tokens, and confidential data fall into the category of secrets.
That's data which shouldn't lie around. It mustn't be available in plaintext in easy to guess locations. In fact, it must not be stored in plaintext in any location. Sensitive data can be encrypted by using the Spring…