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Configure Token Auth Method for Vault Server

In Vault operator, usually Vault connection information are handled by AppBinding. To perform Token Authentication,

  • You have to specify spec.secret in the AppBinding.

  • The type of the specified secret must be kubevault.com/token.

  • The specified secret data must have the following key:

    • Secret.Data["token"] : Required. Specifies the Vault authentication token.
  • The specified secret must be in AppBinding’s namespace.

Sample AppBinding and Secret is given below:

apiVersion: appcatalog.appscode.com/v1alpha1
kind: AppBinding
metadata:
  name: vault-app
  namespace: demo
spec:
  secret:
    name: vault-token
  clientConfig:
    service:
      name: vault
      scheme: HTTPS
      port: 8200
    caBundle: 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
apiVersion: v1
data:
  token: cm9vdA==
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: vault-token
  namespace: demo
type: kubevault.com/token