Support Kubernetes auth in hc-vault
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- Go
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Description
Hashicorp Vault can support authentication using a Kubernetes service account and role. Example: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-examples/blob/main/examples/auth-methods/kubernetes/go/example.go
It would simplify the method to authenticate towards Vault if SOPS would support the use of a Kubernetes service account and role to access Hashicorp Vault (similar to the example above).
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing hc-vault authentication path and compare its inputs with the Kubernetes authentication example linked in the issue. Define how a Kubernetes service account and role should be supplied, then verify that SOPS can authenticate to HashiCorp Vault through that method.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, kubernetes
- Domain
- authentication, devops, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100