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How to connect vault CLI to Vault Cluster installed on k8s?

I have installed the vault cluster in k8s (AKS), now i try to connect to that cluster with vault CLI
the problem is i can't find any info or documentation .
i downloaded the vault.exe, but where do I configure it to connect to the cluster?

Solution

  • You need to export some env to use the vault CLI:

    // Your vault server address
$ export VAULT_ADDR=https://127.0.0.1:8200

// vault token
$ export VAULT_TOKEN= "****"

// If your server is secured with TLS
$ export VAULT_CACERT=ca.crt 
$ export VAULT_CLIENT_CERT=tls.crt
$ export VAULT_CLIENT_KEY=tls.key

    Now, you ready to use the vault CLI.

    $ vault status
Key             Value
---             -----
Seal Type       shamir
Initialized     true
Sealed          false
... ... ...