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layout: docs
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page_title: Vault Agent Persistent Caching
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description: Vault Agent Caching
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---
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# Vault Agent persistent caching
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Vault Agent can restore tokens and leases from a persistent cache file created
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by a previous Vault Agent process. The persistent cache is a BoltDB file that
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includes tuples encrypted by a generated encryption key. The encrypted tuples
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include the Vault token used to retrieve secrets, leases for tokens/secrets, and
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secret values.
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-> **Note:** Vault Agent Persistent Caching will only restore _leased_
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secrets. Secrets that are not renewable, such as KV v2, will not be persisted.
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In order to use Vault Agent persistent cache, auto-auth must be used. If the
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auto-auth token has expired by the time the cache is restored, the cache will
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be invalidated and secrets will need to be re-fetched from Vault.
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If Vault Agent templating is enabled alongside of the persistent cache, Vault
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Agent will automatically route templating requests through the cache. This
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ensures template requests are cached and restored properly.
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-> **Note** Vault Agent persistent cache is currently supported only in a
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Kubernetes environment.
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## Vault agent persistent cache types
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Please see the sidebar for available types and their usage/configuration.
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## Persistent cache example configuration
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Here is an example of a persistent cache configuration.
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```hcl
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# Other Vault agent configuration blocks
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# ...
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cache {
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persist "kubernetes" {
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path = "/vault/agent-cache"
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}
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}
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```
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