https://gerardsamuel.me/tags/hashicorp/Recent content in Hashicorp on Gerard SamuelHugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 28 Jul 2024 11:22:54 -0500https://gerardsamuel.me/posts/how-to-setup-hashicorp-consul/Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:22:54 -0500https://gerardsamuel.me/posts/how-to-setup-hashicorp-consul/<p>So what exactly is Hashicorp Consul? Here is what the Hashicorp has to <a href="https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/docs/intro" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">say</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>HashiCorp Consul is a service networking solution that enables teams to manage secure network connectivity between services and across on-prem and multi-cloud environments and runtimes. Consul offers service discovery, service mesh, traffic management, and automated updates to network infrastructure devices.</p> </blockquote><p>For the time being, I am targeting Consul&rsquo;s service discovery features. In this article, I will show you how I went about this.</p>https://gerardsamuel.me/posts/configuring-hashicorp-vault/Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:32:35 -0400https://gerardsamuel.me/posts/configuring-hashicorp-vault/<p>We have all been there. That newly installed application required confidential material to function. Where should that material be securely stored? Or, you just took over ownership of a system where the database credentials are stored in plain text! We all know (or should know) that protecting secrets is important. Just about anyone, intentional or not, could be a threat actor. Our trust and integrity depend on securing our secrets.</p>