diff --git a/website/source/docs/concepts/dev-server.html.md b/website/source/docs/concepts/dev-server.html.md index 9358e8fc3a..693031e1f6 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/concepts/dev-server.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/concepts/dev-server.html.md @@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ description: |- # "Dev" Server Mode -Vault can start itself as a server in "dev" mode. This dev-mode server -requires no further setup, and your local `vault` CLI will be authenticated -to talk to it. This makes it easy to experiment with Vault or start a Vault -instance for development. - -Every feature of Vault is available in "dev" mode. The "dev" flag just -shortcircuits a lot of setup to insecure defaults. +You can start Vault as a server in "dev" mode like so: `vault server -dev`. +This dev-mode server requires no further setup, and your local `vault` CLI will +be authenticated to talk to it. This makes it easy to experiment with Vault or +start a Vault instance for development. Every feature of Vault is available in +"dev" mode. The `-dev` flag just short-circuits a lot of setup to insecure +defaults. ~> **Warning:** Never, ever, ever run a "dev" mode server in production. It is insecure and will lose data on every restart (since it stores data