Configuring Hashicorp Vault

IBM Guardium® Cryptography Manager allows integration with the Hashicorp Vault Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) engine for certificate discovery and PKI operations.

About this task

The integration with Hashicorp Vault allows certificate discovery and PKI operations.

Procedure

  1. From the main menu, click Integrations > Available.
  2. Choose the Hashicorp Vault card.
  3. After reading the About information, click Next.
  4. Update the following configuration fields.
    Table 1. Hashicorp Vault configuration parameters
    Fields Description
    Name Enter a unique name for the integration.
    Hashicorp Vault account URL: Enter the URL of the Hashicorp Vault instance.

    Public SSL Certificate: Enter the Hashicorp Vault server certificate details.

    Authentication

    Type: Select 'Basic' as app role.

    Role ID: Enter the role ID.

    Secret ID: Enter the secret ID.

    Namespaces: Enter the namespaces.

    PKI engines: Enter the PKI engines.

    Note: As a best practice use a role ID with read only access and do not connect to the primary node from the Vault PKI cluster.
  5. Click Test connection to help ensure that Guardium Cryptography Manager can connect to the Hashicorp Vault instance.
  6. After testing the connection, click Finish to save the Hashicorp Vault configuration and create the integration.

Results

After the integration is created, it is enabled by default. If you want to disable or delete the Hashicorp Vault integration, from the main menu, click Integrations > Connected and use the options icon in the card to disable or delete.