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layout: docs
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page_title: "agent - Vault CLI"
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description: >-
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Use vault agent to start an instance of Vault Agent.
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---
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> **Documentation Update:** Product documentation, which were located in this repository under `/website`, are now located in [`hashicorp/web-unified-docs`](https://github.com/hashicorp/web-unified-docs), colocated with all other product documentation. Contributions to this content should be done in the `web-unified-docs` repo, and not this one. Changes made to `/website` content in this repo will not be reflected on the developer.hashicorp.com website.
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# `vault agent`
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Start an instance of Vault Agent.
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<CodeBlockConfig hideClipboard>
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```shell-session
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$ vault agent -config <config_file>
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$ vault agent [-help | -h]
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```
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</CodeBlockConfig>
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## Description
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`vault agent` start an instance of Vault Agent, which automatically
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authenticates and fetches secrets for client applications.
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<Tip title="Related API endpoints">
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**None**
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</Tip>
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## Command arguments
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None.
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## Command options
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None.
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## Command flags
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<br />
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@include 'cli/agent/flags/config.mdx'
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<br /><hr /><br />
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@include 'cli/agent/flags/exit-after-auth.mdx'
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<br /><hr /><br />
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@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-file.mdx'
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<br /><hr /><br />
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@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-format.mdx'
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<br /><hr /><br />
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@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-level.mdx'
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<br /><hr /><br />
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@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-rotate-bytes.mdx'
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<br /><hr /><br />
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@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-rotate-duration.mdx'
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<br /><hr /><br />
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@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-rotate-max-files.mdx'
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## Standard flags
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<br />
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@include 'cli/standard-settings/all-standard-flags-but-format.mdx'
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## Examples
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Start Vault Agent with a single configuration file:
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```shell-session
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$ vault agent -config=/etc/vault/agent/config.hcl
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```
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Start Vault Agent with a two discrete configuration files:
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```shell-session
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$ vault agent \
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-config=/etc/vault/agent/base-config.hcl \
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-config=/etc/vault/agent/auto-auth-config.hcl
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```
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Start Vault Agent with a set of configuration files under the `` directory:
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```shell-session
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$ vault agent -config=/etc/vault/agent/config-files/
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``` |