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docs Vault Agent Auto-Auth Kubernetes Method Kubernetes docs-agent-autoauth-methods-kubernetes Kubernetes Method for Vault Agent Auto-Auth

Vault Agent Auto-Auth Kubernetes Method

The kubernetes method reads in a Kubernetes service account token from the running pod (via /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token) and sends it to the Kubernetes Auth method.

Configuration

  • role (string: required) - The role to authenticate against on Vault
  • token_path (string: optional) - The file path to a custom JWT token to use for authentication. If omitted, the default service account token path is used.

Learn

Refer to the Vault Agent with Kubernetes guide for a step-by-step tutorial.