Spring Boot 3 — Manage Secrets using HashiCorp Vault and PostgreSQL as Backend: Part 1

In this story, we’ll explore how to configure Hashicorp Vault and manage secrets in a Spring Boot application.

· Prerequisites
· Overview
∘ What is Vault?
∘ Why Vault?
· Set up HashiCorp Vault with PostgreSQL
∘ PostgreSQL configuration for Vault backend storage
∘ Vault HCL
∘ Initializing and Unsealing the HashiCorp Vault
· Continue reading
· References

This story is only a proof of concept (PoC) to illustrate how Hashicorp Vault works (NOT for a production environment). For best practices, see the Hashicorp Vault documentation.

Prerequisites

This is the list of all the prerequisites for Part 1:

• Docker / Docker-compose installed

Overview

What is Vault?

HashiCorp Vault is an identity-based secrets and encryption management system. It provides encryption services that are gated by authentication and authorization methods to ensure secure, auditable and restricted access…