July 2024
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Use HashiCorp Vault UI for a Seamless and Intuitive Experience
HashiCorp Vault provides a user interface along with command-line interface (CLI) and application programming interface (API), which allows you to do most operations like seal/unseal, enable secret engines, configure auth methods, write/read secrets, and much more.
Prerequisites
You need a running Vault cluster. Refer to the Shortcut “Run HashiCorp Vault with Helm” for a refresher on running Vault.
Accessing the Vault UI
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Once you have a running Vault cluster, you can easily expose the Vault UI using the following command:
kubectl port-forward shortcut-vault-0 8200:8200
You should see a forwarding message like this:
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You can then get to the UI by accessing http://localhost:8200 in your browser. It should look something like this:
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Use the root token you received during Vault initialization to log in.
Welcome to the Vault UI !
There are some really interesting features of the UI available for you to explore:
- User-friendly interface
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Vault UI is intuitive and extremely easy to use. You can do almost everything, including secret creation, rotation, deletion ...
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