Install HashiCorp Vault

This guide shows you how to install HashiCorp Vault for encrypting and decrypting properties in Itential Platform.

Before you begin

You must be logged in as the root user in your Platform instance. Using sudo or a different account with root-level access will not work.

Install Vault

1

Install repository manager

Install yum-config-manager to manage your repositories.

$yum install -y yum-utils
2

Add HashiCorp repository

Add the official HashiCorp Linux repository.

$yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo
3

Install Vault

$yum -y install vault
4

Verify installation

Confirm Vault is installed correctly.

$vault --version

Next steps