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.

6 tutorials

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