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Vault secures, stores, and tightly controls access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets in modern computing. Start your Vault user journey here.

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15 tutorials

13min
Why use Vault
Begin your Vault journey by learning why you should use Vault and the challenges that it can help you solve.
- Vault
- Interactive
4min
Understand available Vault editions
Understand the different editions and deployment scenarios for Vault.
- Vault
7min
Discover Vault plugins
Discover the Vault plugin architecture
- Vault
3min
Install the Vault binary
Learn to install the Vault binary.
- Vault
- Video
24min
Set up Vault
Learn to set up a Vault server in developer mode, as a self-managed server with configuration file, or in the Hashicorp Cloud Platform.
- Vault
- Interactive
- Video
11min
Introduction to tokens
What is a token and how are they used to access to Vault?
- Vault
14min
Introduction to policies
What is a Vault policy and how are they used to manage access to Vault.
- Vault
5min
Introduction to roles
What is a Vault role and how are they used to configure Vault plugins.
- Vault
19min
Learn to use the Vault CLI
Learn to use the Vault CLI to interact with a dev server.
- Vault
12min
Learn to use the Vault UI
Learn to use the Vault UI to interact with a dev server.
- Vault
10min
Learn to use the Vault HTTP API
Learn to use the Vault HTTP API to control authentication and access secrets in Vault.
- Vault
11min
Learn to use the Vault Terraform provider
Learn to use the Vault Terraform provider to control authentication and access secrets in Vault.
- Terraform
- Vault
9min
Understand static and dynamic secrets
What are static and dynamic secrets in Vault and how to use them.
- Vault
19min
Troubleshoot Vault
Explore the basics of troubleshooting Vault by Learning about the observability data Vault provides and how you can use it for resolving issues.
- Vault
- Interactive
4min
Next steps
HashiCups has successfully concluded their POC of Vault. Learn about the next steps in your Vault learning journey.
- Vault