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install Upgrading to Vault 0.6.1 docs-install-upgrade-to-0.6.1 Learn how to upgrade to Vault 0.6.1

Overview

This page contains the list of breaking changes for Vault 0.6.1. Please read it carefully.

PKI Backend Certificates Will Contain Default Key Usages

Issued certificates from the pki backend against roles created or modified after upgrading will contain a set of default key usages. This increases compatibility with some software that requires strict adherence to RFCs, such as OpenVPN.

This behavior is fully adjustable; see the PKI backend documentation for details.

DynamoDB Does Not Support HA By Default

If using DynamoDB and want to use HA support, you will need to explicitly enable it in Vault's configuration; see the documentation for details.

If you are already using DynamoDB in an HA fashion and wish to keep doing so, it is very important that you set this option before upgrading your Vault instances. Without doing so, each Vault instance will believe that it is standalone and there will be consistency issues.

LDAP Auth Backend Does Not Search memberOf

The LDAP backend went from a model where all permutations of storing and filtering groups were tried in all cases to one where specific filters are defined by the administrator. This vastly increases overall directory compatibility, especially with Active Directory when using nested groups, but unfortunately has the side effect that memberOf is no longer searched for by default, which is a breaking change for many existing setups.

Scenario 2 in the updated documentation shows an example of configuring the backend to query memberOf. It is recommended that a test Vault server be set up and that successful authentication can be performed using the new configuration before upgrading a primary or production Vault instance.

In addition, if LDAP is relied upon for authentication, operators should ensure that they have valid tokens with policies allowing modification of LDAP parameters before upgrading, so that once an upgrade is performed, the new configuration can be specified successfully.

App-ID is Deprecated

With the addition of of the new AppRole backend, App-ID is deprecated. There are no plans to remove it, but we encourage using AppRole whenever possible, as it offers enhanced functionality and can accommodate many more types of authentication paradigms.