The HashiCorp Vault Associate exam preparation guide is designed to provide candidates with necessary information about the Security Automation exam. It includes exam summary, sample questions, practice test, objectives and ways to interpret the exam objectives to enable candidates to assess the types of questions-answers that may be asked during the HashiCorp Certified - Vault Associate exam.
It is recommended for all the candidates to refer the Vault Associate objectives and sample questions provided in this preparation guide. The HashiCorp Security Automation certification is mainly targeted to the candidates who want to build their career in Security Automation domain and demonstrate their expertise. We suggest you to use practice exam listed in this cert guide to get used to with exam environment and identify the knowledge areas where you need more work prior to taking the actual HashiCorp Certified Vault Associate exam.
HashiCorp Vault Associate Exam Summary:
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Exam Name
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HashiCorp Certified Vault Associate (Security Automation) |
| Exam Code | Security Automation |
| Exam Price | $70 USD |
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Number of Questions | 57 |
| Passing Score | Pass / Fail (Approx 70%) |
| Recommended Training / Books | Prepare for the exam |
| Schedule Exam | Cloud Engineer Certification Exam Portal |
| Sample Questions | HashiCorp Vault Associate Sample Questions |
| Recommended Practice | HashiCorp Certified - Vault Associate Practice Test |
HashiCorp Vault Associate Syllabus:
| Section | Objectives |
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| Compare authentication methods |
- Describe authentication methods - Choose an authentication method based on use case - Differentiate human vs. system auth methods |
| Create Vault policies |
- Illustrate the value of Vault policy - Describe Vault policy syntax: path - Describe Vault policy syntax: capabilities - Craft a Vault policy based on requirements |
| Assess Vault tokens |
- Describe Vault token - Differentiate between service and batch tokens. Choose one based on use-case - Describe root token uses and lifecycle - Define token accessors - Explain time-to-live - Explain orphaned tokens - Create tokens based on need |
| Manage Vault leases |
- Explain the purpose of a lease ID - Renew leases - Revoke leases |
| Compare and configure Vault secrets engines |
- Choose a secret method based on use case - Contrast dynamic secrets vs. static secrets and their use cases - Define transit engine - Define secrets engines |
| Utilize Vault CLI |
- Authenticate to Vault - Configure authentication methods - Configure Vault policies - Access Vault secrets - Enable Secret engines - Configure environment variables |
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Utilize Vault UI
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- Authenticate to Vault - Configure authentication methods - Configure Vault policies - Access Vault secrets - Enable Secret engines |
| Be aware of the Vault API |
- Authenticate to Vault via Curl - Access Vault secrets via Curl |
| Explain Vault architecture |
- Describe the encryption of data stored by Vault - Describe cluster strategy - Describe storage backends - Describe the Vault agent - Describe secrets caching - Be aware of identities and groups - Describe Shamir secret sharing and unsealing - Be aware of replication - Describe seal/unseal - Explain response wrapping - Explain the value of short-lived, dynamically generated secrets |
| Explain encryption as a service |
- Configure transit secret engine - Encrypt and decrypt secrets - Rotate the encryption key |