Vault
Auto-auth method: Kubernetes
The kubernetes method reads in a Kubernetes service account token from the
running pod (via /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token) and
sends it to the Kubernetes Auth
method.
Configuration
role(string: required)- The role to authenticate against on Vaulttoken_path(string: optional)- The file path to a custom JWT token to use for authentication. If omitted, the default service account token path is used.
Tutorial
Refer to the Vault Agent with Kubernetes tutorial to learn how to authenticate the clients using a Kubernetes Service Account Token and manage the tokens lifecycle.