CLI emulation in the Vault GUI

The Vault GUI includes an advanced mode that uses a read–eval–print loop (REPL) terminal to mimic basic create/read/update/delete/list (CRUDL) commands for users who are more familiar with the Vault CLI than the GUI.

Limited emulation

The Vault Web REPL terminal is not a full terminal emulator. You cannot use typical bash elements like environment variables, HEREDOC, or data/file piping unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Command history

The Web REPL keeps a history of all commands your enter during the current session. Refreshing the browser window and using the clearall command resets your command history.

Use the up and down arrows while the REPL prompt has focus to cycle through the command history. Fully cycling backward, past the start of the history, wraps around to the most recent command. Cycling forward past the most recent command stops at an empty prompt.

Supported commands

Tip

The Web REPL terminal accepts commands with, or without, the vault prefix to ensure example commands from the Vault documentation work when pasted into the Web REPL terminal.

Supported Vault CLI commands

REPL command	Associated CLI command	REPL differences
`delete`	`delete`	None
`list`	`list`	Issues GET requests with the `?list=true` query parameter rather than `LIST` requests
`read`	`read`	None
`write`	`write`	Does not support `@` syntax to set parameters and actions that require data structures as input are not supported
`kv-get`	`kv get`	Only supports path syntax and KVv2 plugins, supports the `-metatdata` flag as shorthand for `-field=metadata`

REPL-specific commands

Command	Description
`api`	Opens the interactive OpenAPI explorer in the Vault UI with information for all endpoints you can use with your current permissions
`clear`	Clears all output in the current Web REPL log
`clearall`	Clears the command history and all output in the current Web REPL log
`fullscreen`	Toggles the Web REPL terminal into, and out of, fullscreen view in the browser window
`help`	Prints the list of all available REPL commands with short descriptions
`refresh`	Refresh data on the current Vault GUI page to see the affects of a recent command