Gathering required information from HashiCorp

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Obtain the HashiCorp® configuration information from your HashiCorp administrator.

Before you begin

Ensure that the HashiCorp administrator has set up and configured the following items for your HashiCorp vault.
  • Secrets: the default path or the custom path to the datasource credentials.
  • Access: the authentication method and policy information
  • Policies: the permissions that include static or dynamic credentials, roles, and configuration information for client web certificates. For more information on creating a policy, see Creating a HashiCorp Policy.

Procedure

Gather the following information from your HashiCorp administrator.
  • The role name that is unique to your datasource.
  • The custom path to your datasource credentials, if any.
  • The hostname and IP address for your database, if applicable.
  • The port number for your database.
  • The database name.