Hashicorp Vault Agent Tutorial: Generating .env from Vault Secrets

In this tutorial, we will set up Vault Agent to generate a .env file with secrets from HashiCorp Vault. We’ll use the AppRole authentication method to securely authenticate and retrieve secrets, then write them to an environment file for use in your application. You can find the complete configuration files and setup used in this tutorial in the GitHub repository. ⚠️ Important Note: This tutorial uses Vault in development mode (-dev) for simplicity. Development mode is not secure and should only be used for testing and learning purposes. In a production environment: ...

January 2, 2025 · 4 min · Hamid