Automating Image Creation with HashiCorp Packer for DevOps - Demo - Integrating Packer with HashiCorp Vault’s KV v2 Secr

The video tutorial introduces HashiCorp Vault as a secrets management tool for automation practices. It explains how Vault uses secrets engines to store sensitive information and demonstrates integrating Packer with Vault to securely retrieve secrets during image builds. The tutorial includes a demo of a Packer template that utilizes Vault, detailing the steps to set environment variables and authenticate with Vault. Finally, it covers validating and building with Packer, showcasing the retrieval of an API key from Vault.

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