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https://github.com/coreos/vault-operator
Run and manage Vault on Kubernetes simply and securely
https://github.com/coreos/vault-operator
kubernetes operator operators security vault
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Run and manage Vault on Kubernetes simply and securely
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/coreos/vault-operator
- Owner: coreos
- License: apache-2.0
- Archived: true
- Created: 2017-06-07T21:56:36.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-03-11T03:18:29.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T14:32:18.323Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: kubernetes, operator, operators, security, vault
- Language: Go
- Homepage: https://coreos.com/blog/introducing-vault-operator-project
- Size: 555 KB
- Stars: 760
- Watchers: 38
- Forks: 110
- Open Issues: 58
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: code-of-conduct.md
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README
# Vault Operator
### Project status: beta
The basic features have been completed, and while no breaking API changes are currently planned, the API can change in a backwards incompatible way before the project is declared stable.
## Overview
The Vault operator deploys and manages [Vault][vault] clusters on Kubernetes. Vault instances created by the Vault operator are highly available and support automatic failover and upgrade.
## Getting Started
### Prerequisites
- Kubernetes 1.8+
### Configuring RBAC
Consult the [RBAC guide](./doc/user/rbac.md) on how to configure RBAC for the Vault operator.
### Deploying the etcd operator
The Vault operator employs the [etcd operator][etcd-operator] to deploy an etcd cluster as the storage backend.
1. Create the etcd operator Custom Resource Definitions (CRD):
```
kubectl create -f example/etcd_crds.yaml
```
2. Deploy the etcd operator:
```sh
kubectl -n default create -f example/etcd-operator-deploy.yaml
```
### Deploying the Vault operator
1. Create the Vault CRD:
```
kubectl create -f example/vault_crd.yaml
```
2. Deploy the Vault operator:
```
kubectl -n default create -f example/deployment.yaml
```
3. Verify that the operators are running:
```
$ kubectl -n default get deploy
NAME DESIRED CURRENT UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE
etcd-operator 1 1 1 1 5m
vault-operator 1 1 1 1 5m
```
### Deploying a Vault cluster
A Vault cluster can be deployed by creating a `VaultService` Custom Resource(CR). For each Vault cluster the Vault operator will also create an etcd cluster for the storage backend.
1. Create a Vault CR that deploys a 2 node Vault cluster in high availablilty mode:
```
kubectl -n default create -f example/example_vault.yaml
```
2. Wait until the `example-...` pods for the etcd and Vault cluster are up:
```
$ kubectl -n default get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
etcd-operator-78899f87f6-qdn5h 3/3 Running 0 10m
example-7678c8f49c-kfx2w 1/2 Running 0 2m
example-7678c8f49c-pqrj8 1/2 Running 0 2m
example-etcd-7lpjg7n76d 1/1 Running 0 2m
example-etcd-dhxrksssgx 1/1 Running 0 2m
example-etcd-s7mzhffz92 1/1 Running 0 2m
vault-operator-5976f74f84-pxkf6 1/1 Running 0 10m
```
3. Get the Vault pods:
```
$ kubectl -n default get pods -l app=vault,vault_cluster=example
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
example-7678c8f49c-kfx2w 1/2 Running 0 2m
example-7678c8f49c-pqrj8 1/2 Running 0 2m
```
4. Check the Vault CR status:
```
$ kubectl -n default get vault example -o yaml
apiVersion: vault.security.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: VaultService
metadata:
name: example
namespace: default
...
spec:
nodes: 2
version: 0.9.1-0
...
status:
initialized: false
phase: Running
updatedNodes:
- example-7678c8f49c-kfx2w
- example-7678c8f49c-pqrj8
vaultStatus:
active: ""
sealed:
- example-7678c8f49c-kfx2w
- example-7678c8f49c-pqrj8
standby: null
...
```
The Vault CR status shows the cluster is currently uninitialized and sealed.
### Using the Vault cluster
See the [Vault usage guide](./doc/user/vault.md) on how to initialize, unseal, and use the deployed Vault cluster.
Consult the [monitoring guide](./doc/user/monitoring.md) on how to monitor and alert on a Vault cluster with Prometheus.
See the [recovery guide](./doc/user/recovery.md) on how to backup and restore Vault cluster data using the etcd opeartor
For an overview of the default TLS configuration or how to specify custom TLS assets for a Vault cluster see the [TLS setup guide](doc/user/tls_setup.md).
### Uninstalling Vault operator
1. Delete the Vault custom resource:
```
kubectl -n default delete -f example/example_vault.yaml
```
2. Delete the operators and other resources:
```
kubectl -n default delete deploy vault-operator etcd-operator
kubectl -n default delete -f example/rbac.yaml
```
[vault]: https://www.vaultproject.io/
[etcd-operator]: https://github.com/coreos/etcd-operator/