Setting up HCP Vault for Private Networks on AWS
Rob VanOrman and J. Cole Morrison (@jcolemorrison) will discuss HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) Vault and its usage with private resources on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The stream will also demo an entire step-by-step process of setting up HCP Vault so that EC2 instances within private network (Virtual Private Cloud / VPC) can communicate and work with Vault.
Demo Github Repository: https://github.com/rvanorman/tf-hcp-t...
Learn Vault: https://learn.hashicorp.com/vault
Learn HCP Vault: https://learn.hashicorp.com/collectio...
0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - Guest Introduction - Rob VanOrman
1:35 - Agenda for the Stream
What is Vault?
What is HCP Vault?
4:29 - Use Case and Demo Overview
7:03 - Demo: Prequisites
9:32 - Demo: Terraform Infrastructure Walkthrough
All HCP Components
VPC
Transit Gateway
App Instances
Vault Management Instance
Bastion Instance
17:18 - Demo: Setting up the Vault Management Instance
Hooking up Vault to HCP
Creating an App Role: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/auth...
Using Tokens: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/conc...
Creating Secrets with kv-v2: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials...
Vault Policies: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/conc...
30:15 - Demo: Setting up the Web Application Instance
Vault Agent Configuration: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/agent
Token TTLs: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/conc...
42:54 - Demo and Workflow Summary and Questions
43:26 - Automation Considerations, Points of Interest, Snafus
48:02 - Production Readiness and Scale Discussion
50:00 - Future Step-by-Step's
51:48 - Closing
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