HashiCorp Certified: Vault Operations Professional 2022

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HashiCorp Certified: Vault Operations Professional 2022

Bryan Krausen

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DevOps Pre-Requisite Course

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What you’ll learn

Introduction to Vault and its key features
Installation and configuration of Vault
Vault secrets management and encryption
Vault policies and access control
Secure communication using Vault
Vault enterprise features and management
Vault integration with other HashiCorp tools,
Best practices for using Vault in production environments

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Introduction to Vault and its key features
Installation and configuration of Vault
Vault secrets management and encryption
Vault policies and access control
Secure communication using Vault
Vault enterprise features and management
Vault integration with other HashiCorp tools,
Best practices for using Vault in production environments

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About the instructor

Bryan Krausen, currently the VP of Consulting Services at River Point Technology, has a rich background in tech, starting from 2001.

His platform experience includes strong AWS and VMware virtualization skills, data center design, and implementation. He is adept with HashiCorp products and infrastructure as code development.

Bryan has co-authored the book "Running HashiCorp Vault in Production" and authored several HashiCorp Vault and Terraform courses.

His certifications include HashiCorp Vault and Consul, along with numerous AWS certifications. Bryan actively participates in community groups and has held leadership roles in Louisville VMUG and AWS User Group.

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Course Content

Introduction

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Lesson Content

Course Introduction (21:52)

HashiCorp Documentation Review (10:55)

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Create a working Vault server configuration given a scenario

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Lesson Content

Section Overview – Create a Working Vault Server Config (14:26)

Enable and Configure Secrets Engines (12:25)

Key/Value Secrets Engine (14:38)

Working with the Key/Value Secrets Engine (16:05)

Demo – Key/Value Secrets Engine Version 1 (08:42)

Demo – Key/Value Secrets Engine Version 2 (23:52)

Database Secrets Engine (23:49)

Demo – Database Secrets Engine (16:28)

Hands-On Lab – Database Secrets Engine

Identity Secrets Engine (18:26)

Demo – Identity Secrets Engine (09:26)

Transit Secrets Engine (33:02)

Demo – Transit Secrets Engine (14:43)

Hands-On Lab – Transit Secrets Engine

PKI Secrets Engine (22:34)

Demo – PKI Secrets Engine (08:10)

Cubbyhole Secrets Engine (16:10)

Demo – Cubbyhole Secrets Engine (11:44)

Hands-On Lab – Cubbyhole and Response Wrapping

Vault Security Hardening (27:06)

Auto Unsealing Vault (27:25)

Demo – Auto Unseal Vault (10:55)

Hands-On Lab – Auto Unseal

Implementing Integrated Storage (26:25)

Demo – Integrated Storage (11:57)

Demo – Integrated Storage Snapshots (06:59)

Enable and Configure Auth Methods (16:18)

AppRole Auth Method (24:11)

Demo – AppRole Auth Method (05:42)

Hands-On Lab – AppRole Auth Method

Userpass Auth Method (10:25)

Demo – Userpass Auth Method (04:38)

Hands-On Lab – Userpass Auth Method

Vault Tokens – Auth Method (11:40)

Hands-On Lab – Vault Tokens

Secure Vault Initialization (12:37)

Demo – Practice secure Vault initialization (06:42)

Hands-On Lab – Secure Vault Initialization

Regenerating a Root Token (11:36)

Demo – Regenerating a Root Token (06:11)

Hands-On Lab – Regenerating a Root Token

Rekey Vault and Rotate Encryption Keys (15:30)

Demo – Rekey Vault and Rotate Encryption Keys (07:59)

Hands-On Lab – Rekey Vault and Rotate Encryption Keys

Resource – Create a working Vault server configuration given a scenario

Monitor a Vault Environment

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Section Overview – Monitor a Vault Environment (10:42)

Monitor and Understand Telemetry (10:42)

Monitor and Understand Audit Logs (12:53)

Demo – Audit Logs (05:15)

Hands-On Lab – Audit Logs

Monitor and Understand Operational Logs (08:33)

Demo – Vault Operational Logs (04:56)

Quiz 2: Monitor a Vault Environment

Resource – Monitor a Vault Environment

Employ the Vault Security Model

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Section Overview – Employ the Vault Security Model (01:22)

Secure Introduction of Vault Clients (14:52)

Running Vault in Kubernetes (06:24)

Quiz 3: Employ the Vault Security Model

Resource – Employ the Vault Security Model

Build Fault-Tolerant Vault Environments

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Section Overview – Build Fault-Tolerant Vault Environments (01:14)

Configure a Highly-Available Vault Cluster (18:39)

Demo – Build an HA Cluster Manually (07:25)

Demo – Build an HA Cluster Using Retry_Join (06:19)

Demo – Build an HA Cluster Using Auto_Join (09:33)

Hands-On Lab – Build an HA Cluster

Enable and Configure Disaster Recovery (DR) Replication (35:21)

Demo – Disaster Recovery (DR) Replication (13:53)

Hands-On Lab – Configure DR Replication and Promote a Secondary Cluster

Promote a Secondary Cluster (07:34)

Demo – Promote a Secondary Cluster (06:20)

Quiz 4: Build Fault-Tolerant Vault Environments

Resource – Build Fault-Tolerant Vault Environments

Understand the Hardware Security Module (HSM) Integration

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Section Overview – Understand the Hardware Security Module (HSM) Integration (02:09)

Benefits of Auto Unsealing with HSM (12:36)

Benefits and Use Cases of Seal Wrapping (05:33)

Quiz 5: Understand the Hardware Security Module (HSM) Integration

Resource – Understand the HSM Integration

Scale Vault for Performance

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Section Overview – Scale Vault for Performance (00:45)

Using Batch Tokens (15:24)

Demo – Batch Tokens (09:52)

Hands-On Lab – Batch Tokens

Performance Standby Nodes (14:23)

Enable and Configure Performance Replication (15:38)

Demo – Performance Replication (08:48)

Create a Paths Filter (10:19)

Quiz 6: Scale Vault for Performance

Resource – Scale Vault for Performance

Configure Access Control

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Section Overview – Configure Access Control (01:44)

Vault Identity Entities and Groups (20:57)

Vault Policies – Part 1 (20:47)

Vault Policies – Part 2 (23:03)

Understanding Sentinel Policies (22:28)

Control Group (14:06)

Vault Namespace (22:23)

Demo – Namespace (16:50)

Hands- On Lab Namespace

Quiz 7: Configure Access Control

Resource – Configure Access Control

Configure Vault Agent

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Section Overview – Configure Vault Agent (00:50)

Vault Agent Auto-Auth and Token Sink (15:55)

Vault Agent Templating (12:35)

Demo – Vault Agent (12:32)

Quiz 8: Configure Vault Agent

Hands-On Lab – Vault Agent

Resource – Configure Vault Agent

Exam Experience and Expectations

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Exam Experience and Expectations (18:27)

Resource – Exam Experience and Expectations

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