Installing HashiCorp Vault

This guide explains how to install HashiCorp Vault ("Vault"). This application is used for encrypting and decrypting properties within the Itential Platform.

To install Vault:

1. You must be logged in as root. Using sudo or a different account with the same access as root will not work.

   Figure 1: Root User

   

2. Install yum-config-manager to manage your repositories.

   yum install -y yum-utils
   

   Figure 2: Install Command

   

3. Use yum-config-manager to add the official HashiCorp Linux repo.

   yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo
   

   Figure 3: Add Vault Repo

   

4. Install Vault.

   yum -y install vault
   

   Figure 4: Install Vault

   

5. Verify installation.

   vault --version
   

   Figure 5: Verify Install