HashiCorp Certified - Vault Associate Course - Unsealing with Key Shards

The video tutorial explains the use of key shards to protect a master key in a Vault system. It details the process of unsealing Vault using a threshold of key shards distributed among trusted employees. The tutorial also covers the management and security of key shards, including the use of PGP keys for encryption and the importance of offline storage.

What is the purpose of the master key in the vault unsealing process?

Explain how Shamir's secret sharing algorithm is used in the context of key shards.

What is the threshold number of keys required to unseal the vault?

Describe the process of unsealing the vault using key shards.

Why is it important that no single person has access to all key shards?

How can key shards be protected during the initialization of the vault?

What are the implications of needing multiple employees to unseal the vault?