HashiCorp Certified - Vault Associate Course - Lab—Unsealing with Key Shards

The video tutorial demonstrates how to unseal a Vault using the default unseal keys. It begins with an SSH session to a node in AWS, checking the Vault status, and confirming the seal type as Shamir. The tutorial explains that no configuration is needed for the default unseal mechanism. It then walks through initializing the Vault, obtaining unseal keys and a root token, and using these keys to unseal the Vault. Finally, it shows how to authenticate with the root token and interact with Vault commands.

What is the default seal type used in Vault?

• Shamir

• HMAC

• AES

• RSA

What command is used to initialize a Vault cluster?

• vault operator seal

• vault operator status

• vault operator init

• vault operator start

How many unseal keys are required to unseal the Vault?

• Three out of five

• Two out of five

• All five

• Four out of five

What is the only authentication method available immediately after initializing a Vault?

• API key

• Username and password

• Root token

• SSH key

What command is used to log in to Vault with the root token?

• vault login

• vault authenticate

• vault enter

• vault access