Overview

This page contains the list of deprecations and important or breaking changes for Vault 0.6.2. Please read it carefully.

Request forwarding on by default

In 0.6.1 this feature was in beta and required opting-in, but is now enabled by default. This can be disabled via the "disable_clustering" parameter in Vault's config, or per-request with the X-Vault-No-Request-Forwarding header.

AppRole role constraints

Creating or updating a role now requires at least one constraint to be enabled, whereas previously it was sufficient to require only the role ID by itself. Currently there are two constraints: bind_secret_id and bound_cidr_list. bind_secret_id is enabled by default. Roles which were previously using only the role ID for authentication will continue to work but will require a constraint to be specified if updated.

Convergent encryption v2

New keys in transit using convergent mode will use a new nonce derivation mechanism rather than require the user to supply a nonce. While not explicitly increasing security, it minimizes the likelihood that a user will use the mode improperly and impact the security of their keys. Keys in convergent mode that were created in 0.6.1 will continue to work with the same mechanism (user-supplied nonce).

etcd HA off by default

Following in the footsteps of dynamodb, the etcd storage backend now requires that ha_enabled be explicitly specified in the configuration file. The backend currently has known broken HA behavior, so this flag discourages use by default without explicitly enabling it. If you are using this functionality, when upgrading, you should set ha_enabled to "true" before starting the new versions of Vault.

Reading wrapped responses from cubbyhole/response is deprecated

The sys/wrapping/unwrap endpoint should be used instead as it provides additional security, auditing, and other benefits. The ability to read directly will be removed in a future release.

Default/Max Lease/Token TTLs now 32 days

In previous versions of Vault the default was 30 days, but changing it to 32 days allows some operations (e.g. reauthenticating, renewing, etc.) to be performed via a monthly cron job.

AppRole secret ID endpoints changed

Secret ID and Secret ID accessors are no longer part of request URLs. The GET and DELETE operations are now moved to new endpoints (/lookup and /destroy) which consumes the input from the body via POST (or PUT) and not the URL.

Behavior change for bound_iam_role_arn in AWS-EC2 backend

In prior versions a bug caused the bound_iam_role_arn value in the aws-ec2 auth method to actually use the instance profile ARN. This has been corrected, but as a result there is a behavior change. To match using the instance profile ARN, a new parameter bound_iam_instance_profile_arn has been added. Existing roles will automatically transfer the value over to the correct parameter, but the next time the role is updated, the new meanings will take effect.