HashiCorp Certified - Vault Associate Course - Unsealing with Transit Auto Unseal

The video tutorial explains the transit auto unseal feature in Vault, which uses the transit secrets engine of a different vault cluster to unseal a vault. It covers the setup process, including creating an encryption key in a transit secrets engine and configuring clusters to use this key for unsealing. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of high availability for the core cluster and provides configuration details, including the use of tokens and TLS settings. The transit unseal feature supports key rotation and is available in both open source and enterprise versions.

What is the primary purpose of using a transit auto unseal method in Vault?

• To automate the unsealing process using another Vault cluster

• To enhance the security of the master key by using the same cluster

• To eliminate the need for encryption keys

• To manually manage encryption keys

In the transit auto unseal method, what is the role of the centralized cluster?

• It stores all the data for other clusters

• It provides encryption keys for unsealing other clusters

• It manages the network traffic between clusters

• It acts as a backup for all clusters

Why is it important for the core cluster to be highly available in the transit auto unseal setup?

• To reduce the cost of operations

• To simplify the configuration process

• To ensure continuous access to the encryption keys

• To allow for manual unsealing of clusters

What configuration element is used to specify the cluster to access in the transit auto unseal method?

• The shard algorithm

• The master key

• The encryption key

• The seal stanza

Which feature of the transit auto unseal method supports regulatory compliance?

• Manual key management

• Key rotation support

• Open source exclusivity

• Single cluster dependency