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Vault: NodeJS Express web app using node-vault to fetch secrets

HashiCorp Vault is a secret and encryption management system that allows your organization to secure sensitive information such as API keys, certificates, and passwords. In this article, I will show how a NodeJS Express web application deployed into a Kubernetes cluster can fetch a secret directly from the Vault server using the node-vault module. This Vault: NodeJS Express web app using node-vault to fetch secrets

Vault: Spring Boot web app using Spring Cloud Vault to fetch secrets

HashiCorp Vault is a secret and encryption management system that allows your organization to secure sensitive information such as API keys, certificates, and passwords. In this article, I will show how a Java Spring Boot web application deployed into a Kubernetes cluster can fetch a secret directly from the Vault server using the Spring Cloud Vault: Spring Boot web app using Spring Cloud Vault to fetch secrets

Vault: HashiCorp Vault deployed into Kubernetes cluster for secret management

HashiCorp Vault is a secret and encryption management system that allows your organization to secure sensitive information such as API keys, certificates, and passwords. It has tight integrations with Kubernetes that allows containers to fetch secrets without requiring hardcoding them into environment variables, files, or external services. The official docs already provide usage scenarios, so Vault: HashiCorp Vault deployed into Kubernetes cluster for secret management

Vagrant: Fixing “error while downloading the metadata for this box”

If you see the message, “There was an error while downloading the metadata for this box”, with a 404 not found return message when doing a box update – make sure to check the URL listed in the Vagrant “metadata_url” files. For example, the “atlas.hashicorp.com” host has been deprecated in favor of “vagrantcloud.com” for some Vagrant: Fixing “error while downloading the metadata for this box”

VirtualBox: Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant on Ubuntu 14.04/16.04

Although container based engines such as Docker are highly popularized for newer application deployment – there will still be widespread use of OS virtualization engines for years to come. One of the most popular virtualization engines for development purposes is the open-source VirtualBox from Oracle.  This article will detail its installation on Ubuntu 14.04.