HashiTalks 2025 Learn about unique use cases, homelab setups, and best practices at scale at our 24-hour virtual knowledge sharing event. Register
Vault
Vault Home

Custom secrets engines

Learn how to build a custom secrets engine to rotate your own tokens, passwords, and more with Vault and a target API.

Start
6 tutorials
  1. 13min
    Define a backend for the secrets engine
    Set up the Vault secrets engine development environment and define a new secrets engine.
    • Vault
    • Video
  2. 15min
    Define a configuration for the secrets engine
    Add and test the path for the secrets engine's configuration.
    • Vault
    • Video
  3. 18min
    Define roles for the secrets engine
    Add and test the path for the secrets engine's roles.
    • Vault
    • Video
  4. 9min
    Implement secrets for the secrets engine
    Extend the secrets engine to revoke and renew tokens.
    • Vault
    • Video
  5. 12min
    Define credentials for the secrets engine
    Add and test the path for the secrets engine's credentials for a specific role.
    • Vault
    • Video
  6. 8min
    Test and build the secrets engine
    Test the custom secrets engine by building the plugin and use it with Vault.
    • Vault
    • Video