Gathering required information from HashiCorp

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.