puppetlabs-vault

Puppet module that provides the Vault plugin for Bolt


License
Apache-2.0
Install
puppet module install puppetlabs-vault --version 0.4.0

Documentation

Bolt Vault plugin

This module provides a plugin which allows config values to be set by accessing secrets from a Key/Value engine on a Vault server.

Table of Contents

  1. Requirements
  2. Usage
  3. Examples

Requirements

You will need to have a Vault server running, and a way to authenticate with the server

Usage

The Vault plugin supports several options:

  • server_url: The URL of the Vault server (optional, defaults to ENV['VAULT_ADDR'])
  • auth: The method for authorizing with the Vault server and any necessary parameters (optional, defaults to ENV['VAULT_TOKEN'])
  • path: The path to the secrets engine (required)
  • field: The specific secret being used (optional, defaults to a Ruby hash of all secrets at the path)
  • version: The version of the K/V engine (optional, defaults to 1)
  • cacert: Path to the CA certificate (optional, required if using TLS)

Authentication Methods

Vault requires a token to assign an identity and set of policies to a user before accessing secrets. The Vault plugin offers 2 authentication methods:

Token

Authenticate using a token. This method requires the following fields:

  • method: The value of method must be token
  • token: The token to authenticate with

Userpass

Request a token by logging into the Vault server with a username and password. This method requires the following fields:

  • method: The value of method must be userpass
  • user: The username
  • pass: The password

Examples

You can add any Vault plugin field to the inventory configuration. The following example shows how you would access the private-key secret on a KVv2 engine mounted at secrets/bolt:

version: 2
targets:
  - ...
config:
  ssh:
    user: root
    private-key:
      key-data:
        _plugin: vault
        server_url: http://127.0.0.1:8200
        auth:
          method: userpass
          user: bolt
          pass: bolt
        path: secrets/bolt
        field: private-key
        version: 2

You can also set configuration in your Bolt config file under the plugins field. If a field is set in both the inventory file and the config file, Bolt will use the value set in the inventory file. The available fields for the config file are:

  • server_url
  • cacert
  • auth
plugins:
  vault:
    server_url: https://127.0.0.1:8200
    cacert: /path/to/ca
    auth:
      method: token
      token: xxxxx-xxxxx