Password Rotation with HashiCorp Vault

This repository is a streamlined systemd setup for automating password rotation with Hashicorp Vault.

Prerequisites

• Running Hashicorp Vault server instance. (Inbound TCP port 8200 to Vault)
• Seth Vargo's plugin configured and installed: vault-secrets-gen plugin
• Version 2 K/V secrets backend mounted at systemcreds:

vault secrets enable -version=2 -path=systemcreds/ kv

Vault Server Configuration

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1. Configure Policies:

 vault policy write policy-service-linux-rotate polcies/policy-service-linux-rotate.hcl
 vault policy write policy-systemcreds-linux policies/policy-systemcreds-linux.hcl

2. Generate a token:

vault token create -period 960h -policy policy-service-linux-rotate -display-name service-linux-rotate

Linux Host Configuration (System for which you need to rotate the password)

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1. Install package

dnf install painless-password-rotation

2. Update Environment File

Update Vault Address and Token in /etc/sysconfig/vault-rotate

VAULT_ADDR="https://your_vault.server.com:8200"
VAULT_TOKEN="hvs.my-vault-token"

3. Run password rotation service

systemctl start rotate-password.service

4. Log onto the Vault UI and verify that the password was saved successfully

5. Start/Enable password rotation timer

systemctl enable rotate-password.timer
systemctl start rotate-password.timer