HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate Practice Exam
HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate Practice Exam
About HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate Practice Exam
The HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate certification is suitable for Cloud Engineers specializing in security, development, or operations who know the basic concepts, skills, and use cases associated with open source HashiCorp Vault. The certification helps candidates for this exam with professional experience using Vault in production, but performing the exam objectives in a personal demo environment may also be sufficient. Moreover, it gives understanding enterprise features exist and what can and cannot be done using the open-source offering.
Exam Prerequisites
- Basic terminal skills
- Basic understanding of on-premise or cloud architecture
- Basic level of security understanding
- Product Version Tested
- Vault 1.4.0 and higher
Exam Details
- Exam Type: Multiple choice
- Exam Format: Online proctored
- Exam Duration: 1 hour
- Exam Price: $70.50 USD (plus locally applicable taxes and fees)
- Exam Language: English
- Validity: 2 years
Exam Objectives
The HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate Exam covers the following topics -
1 Compare authentication methods
- 1a Describe authentication methods
- 1b Choose an authentication method based on use case
- 1c Differentiate human vs. system auth methods
2 Create Vault policies
- 2a Illustrate the value of Vault policy
- 2b Describe Vault policy syntax: path
- 2c Describe Vault policy syntax: capabilities
- 2d Craft a Vault policy based on requirements
3 Assess Vault tokens
- 3a Describe Vault token
- 3b Differentiate between service and batch tokens. Choose one based on use-case
- 3c Describe root token uses and lifecycle
- 3d Define token accessors
- 3e Explain time-to-live
- 3f Explain orphaned tokens
- 3g Create tokens based on need
4 Manage Vault leases
- 4a Explain the purpose of a lease ID
- 4b Renew leases
- 4c Revoke leases
5 Compare and configure Vault secrets engines
- 5a Choose a secret method based on use case
- 5b Contrast dynamic secrets vs. static secrets and their use cases
- 5c Define transit engine
- 5d Define secrets engines
6 Utilize Vault CLI
- 6a Authenticate to Vault
- 6b Configure authentication methods
- 6c Configure Vault policies
- 6d Access Vault secrets
- 6e Enable Secret engines
- 6f Configure environment variables
7 Utilize Vault UI
- 7a Authenticate to Vault
- 7b Configure authentication methods
- 7c Configure Vault policies
- 7d Access Vault secrets
- 7e Enable Secret engines
8 Be aware of the Vault API
- 8a Authenticate to Vault via Curl
- 8b Access Vault secrets via Curl
9 Explain Vault architecture
- 9a Describe the encryption of data stored by Vault
- 9b Describe cluster strategy
- 9c Describe storage backends
- 9d Describe the Vault agent
- 9e Describe secrets caching
- 9f Be aware of identities and groups
- 9g Describe Shamir secret sharing and unsealing
- 9h Be aware of replication
- 9i Describe seal/unseal
- 9j Explain response wrapping
- 9k Explain the value of short-lived, dynamically generated secrets
10 Explain encryption as a service
- 10a Configure transit secret engine
- 10b Encrypt and decrypt secrets
- 10c Rotate the encryption key
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