Vault 101

Empower your team with comprehensive HashiCorp Vault training designed for corporate professionals. Ready to enhance your organization’s secrets management, boost security practices, and prepare for the Vault Associate Exam? Let’s get started!

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Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Explain the purpose of using Vault for modern secrets management
Gain a solid grasp of the architecture and use cases for Vault
Identify the right authentication methods and secrets engines in Vault to use
Free GitHub Take the Vault associate examTerraform Cloud accounts.
Apply what you’ve learned in real-world scenarios beyond the certification

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Prerequisites

An open mind and a willingness to learn
Basic knowledge of the Linux terminal
No coding experience required (but good to have)
A computer with Internet access

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Audience

Practitioners and technology managers looking:

For an introduction to secrets management with HashiCorp Vault
To take the HashiCorp Vault Associate Exam

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Course Outline

Section 1: Course Introduction
Section 2: Vault Introduction
Section 3: Installing the Vault CLI
Section 4: Interacting with Vault
Section 5: Vault Architecture
Section 6: Starting a Production Vault Server
Section 7: Authentication Methods
Section 8: Policies
Section 9: Tokens
Section 10: Secrets Engines
Section 11: Replication Design
Section 12: The Vault Agent
Section 13: Exam Preparation

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In this course you will get to:

Learn everything you need to know about Vault to ace the Vault Associate Exam
8+ hours of video content
Instructor has his camera on making you feel that you’re right in the classroom
Hand-drawn animated diagrams to help you grasp the topics better
Lots of hands-on labs to learn by doing
English closed captions so you won’t miss a word
Quizzes to help you grasp the material well
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Course Curriculum

Section 1 – Course Introduction (5:22)

HashiCorp Vault Course Introduction
Code Repository
Development Environment
AWS Environment [for TeKanAid Academy Subscribers only]
AWS Account Setup [optional if not subscribed to TeKanAid Academy]
Community
Referral Program

Section 2 – Vault Introduction (21:15)

What is HashiCorp Vault?
The Traditional Security Model
Identity Based Security Model
Vault Use Cases
Vault OSS vs Enterprise
Section 2 – Quiz

Section 3 – Installing the Vault CLI – This is an optional section If not using Gitpod (13:01)

Install Vault – Windows Users
Install Vault – Mac Users
Install Vault – Linux Users
Manual Vault Install

Section 4 – Interacting with Vault (35:08)

Basic Vault CLI Commands
Vault Server Modes
The Vault UI
The Vault API
Section 4 – Quiz

Section 5 – Vault Architecture (21:11)

Vault Architecture – Internals
Vault Seal and Unseal
Vault Architecture – High Availability
Vault Architecture – Multi-Region
Section 5 -Quiz

Section 6 – Starting a Production Vault Server (33:08)

The Configuration File
Initializing Vault
Unsealing Vault
Vault Server Status
Storage Backends
Audit Devices
Run a Production Vault Server Lab
Auto Unseal
AWS Auto Unseal Lab
Section 6 – Quiz
I need your help

Section 7 – Authentication Methods (1:20:22)

Authentication Methods – Overview
Types of Auth Methods
Userpass Auth Method
Userpass Auth Lab
Active Directory Auth Method
AppRole Auth Lab
Kubernetes Auth Method
AWS Auth Method
Vault Entities and Aliases
Vault Identity Groups
Vault Entities, Aliases, and Identity Groups Lab
Section 7 – Quiz

Section 8 – Policies (51:58)

Vault Policies – Overview
Policy Syntax
Policies Lab 1
Managing Policies
Policy Capabilities
Policies Lab 2
Templated Policies
Admin Policy
Example
Sentinel Policies
Section 8 – Quiz

Section 9 – Tokens (36:07)

Vault Tokens – Overview
Root Tokens
Token Hierarchies and Orphan Tokens
Token Accessors
Tokens Lab 1
Token TTL, Max TTL, and Periodic Tokens
Service and Batch Tokens
Tokens Lab 2
Section 9 – Quiz

Section 10 – Secrets Engines (1:45:15)

Secrets Engines – Overview
Key / Value (KV)
KV Commands 1
KV Secrets Engine Lab 1
KV Commands 2
KV Secrets Engine Lab 2
Dynamic Secrets
Dynamic Secrets Examples: Database, AWS, PKI
AWS Secrets Engine Lab
Transit Secrets Engine – Encryption as a Service
Transit Secrets Engine – Key Rotation and Data Re-wrap
Transit Secrets Engine Lab
Cubbyhole Secrets Engine
Cubbyhole Response Wrapping
Cubbyhole Response Wrapping Lab
Section 10 – Quiz

Section 11 – Replication Design – Disaster Recovery and Performance Replication (32:21)

Replication Design with DR and PR
DR and PR Whiteboard and Demo [Optional]
Section 11 – Quiz

Section 12 – The Vault Agent (35:16)

Vault Agent Overview
Vault Agent Auto-Auth
Vault Agent Caching
Vault Agent Templates
Vault Agent Lab
Section 12 – Quiz

Section 13 – Exam Preparation (11:43)

Exam Objectives(4:06)
What to Expect(7:37)

Section 14 – Closing Remarks and Next Steps (0:38)

Closing Remarks(0:38)
I’d like to hear from you
I need your help
Referral Program

Our Packages

1 Week Own Pace

$1,000

1 week of self-paced hands-on with video lectures
Includes two 1-hour office hours for live Q&A
A dedicated lab environment per student for a week
An AWS account given per student
Access to a private discord channel dedicated to the team for Q&A

2 Day Live

$2,200

2 days (6 hours each) hands-on live remote instructor-led class
Access to video lectures
A dedicated lab environment per student for a week
An AWS account given per student
Access to a private discord channel dedicated to the team for Q&A

Price is per student

Minimum of 4 students per class

All prices are in USD