HashiCorp Certified - Vault Associate Course - Lab—Unsealing with Auto Unseal

This video tutorial demonstrates how to unseal a Vault server using AWS Cloud Auto Unseal with KMS keys. It covers setting up the Vault server, configuring the necessary files, and restarting the service to apply changes. The tutorial also explains the initialization process, the role of recovery keys, and how to interact with Vault using various commands. The use of AWS KMS for automatic unsealing reduces administrative overhead and simplifies maintenance tasks.

What is the purpose of using AWS KMS in the vault configuration?

Describe the steps taken to add a seal stanza to the vault configuration file.

What happens to the vault status after configuring cloud auto unseal?

What command is used to initialize the vault cluster?

Explain the difference between recovery keys and unseal keys in the context of vault.

How does the vault automatically unseal itself using cloud KMS?

What are the implications of using cloud auto unseal for administrative overhead?