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Update Documentation to include lease_threshold_renewal clarity (#28943)

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* Update Documentation to include lease_threshold_renewal clarity

Also updated to include PKICert documentation that shows using "writetoFile" such that practitioners can reference it while using it for the Vault Agent

* Update template.mdx

* Update website/content/docs/agent-and-proxy/agent/template.mdx

Co-authored-by: Violet Hynes <a.xenasis@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: Violet Hynes <a.xenasis@gmail.com>
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@ -112,8 +112,11 @@ failures.
includes connections in the dialing, active, and idle states. includes connections in the dialing, active, and idle states.
- `lease_renewal_threshold` `(float: 0.9)` - How long Vault Agent's template - `lease_renewal_threshold` `(float: 0.9)` - How long Vault Agent's template
engine should wait for to refresh dynamic, non-renewable leases, measured as engine should wait to refresh dynamic, non-renewable leases, measured as
a fraction of the lease duration. a fraction of the lease duration. For certificates rendered using the `pkiCert`
template function without leases, the `Not After` attribute is treated as the
lease end time, and the certificate will rotate at the configured percentage
of the difference between the `Not Before` and `Not After` attributes.
### `template_config` stanza example ### `template_config` stanza example
@ -343,7 +346,6 @@ template {
And the following demonstrates how the templates look when using `env_template` with And the following demonstrates how the templates look when using `env_template` with
[Process Supervisor Mode](/vault/docs/agent-and-proxy/agent/process-supervisor) [Process Supervisor Mode](/vault/docs/agent-and-proxy/agent/process-supervisor)
```hcl ```hcl
# Other Vault Agent configuration blocks # Other Vault Agent configuration blocks
# ... # ...
@ -365,3 +367,48 @@ env_template "ENV_VAR_FROM_FILE" {
[consul-templating-language]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template/blob/v0.28.1/docs/templating-language.md [consul-templating-language]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template/blob/v0.28.1/docs/templating-language.md
[process-supervisor]: /vault/docs/agent-and-proxy/agent/process-supervisor [process-supervisor]: /vault/docs/agent-and-proxy/agent/process-supervisor
## PKI cert Agent Injector example
The following example demonstrates how to use the [`pkiCert` function][pkiCert] and
[`writeToFile` function][writeToFile] from consul-template to create two files
from a template: one for the certificate and CA (`cert.pem`) and one for the key
(`cert.key`) generated by [Vault's PKI Secrets Engine](/vault/docs/secrets/pki).
```yaml
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: web-deployment
labels:
app: web
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: web
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: web
annotations:
vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: 'true'
vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'web'
vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-certs: 'pki/issue/cert'
vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-certs: |
{{- with pkiCert "pki/issue/cert" "common_name=test.example.com" "ttl=2h" -}}
{{ .Cert }}{{ .CA }}{{ .Key }}
{{ .Key | writeToFile "/vault/secrets/cert.key" "vault" "vault" "0644" }}
{{ .CA | writeToFile "/vault/secrets/cert.pem" "vault" "vault" "0644" }}
{{ .Cert | writeToFile "/vault/secrets/cert.pem" "vault" "vault" "0644" "append" }}
{{- end -}}
spec:
serviceAccountName: web
containers:
- name: web
image: nginx
```
[pkiCert]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template/blob/main/docs/templating-language.md#pkicert
[writeToFile]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template/blob/main/docs/templating-language.md#writeToFile