What is the Vault API?
Vault is a tool for securely accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords or certificates. Vault provides a unified interface to any secret, while providing tight access control and recording a detailed audit log.
What is the Vault API used for?
- Vault API provides an application backend for:
- Encryption key generation, storage and management.
- Content storage of any size.
- Automated encryption of content.
- Use your own encryption keys.
- Browse the contents simulating an file sysem structure.
Use it for secure storage and or any sort of secure key management backend. For example you can build essentials for developing your own encrypted notebook app. You can build a secure password storage service. You can also use it as a secure and encrypted confiiguration parameter storage.
Key Features
- Fully automated encrypted storage.
- Filesystem like structure.
- Text content storage of any size.
- Ability to use your own encryption keys.
