Vault key configuration

Use the Vault key configuration to supply a vault key that provides access to an IBM® App Connect Enterprise vault that stores credentials to connect to secured resources.

Tip: The Vault key configuration works with the Vault configuration. Use both of these configurations if your IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit integration is configured to connect to secured resources.
Availability:

The Vault and Vault key configurations were deprecated in IBM App Connect Operator 12.11.0. Instead, use the Vault archive and Vault archive key configurations to provide encrypted credentials that are exported from an integration server vault or external directory vault in IBM App Connect Enterprise. You can create Vault archive and Vault archive key configurations for integration runtimes at version 13.0.3.0-r1 or later.

Summary of key details

File name or type
String value
Does the file contain secrets?
Yes
Location of imported or extracted data
Not applicable (the value is passed to the integration runtime when it starts)
Maximum number of vault key configurations allowed per integration runtime
One

The Vault key value

The Vault Key configuration requires a string value that the deployed integration uses to access the credentials in the vault. The vault key must be at least 8 characters in length. You can specify only one vault key per integration runtime. When the runtime starts, it reads the value of the vault key in the configuration.

The vault key must match the value that you provided when the vault was created. This vault key is also used when you use the App Connect Enterprise Console to run the mqsivault command or mqsicredentials command. For more information, see Configuring encrypted security credentials and Connecting client applications in the App Connect Enterprise documentation.

To configure your integration to use a vault key, create a Vault key configuration on the Configurations tab of the Manage page and enter the string value of the vault key into the text editor. For more information, see Providing credentials and secrets in configurations.
Vault key text editor with pasted contents