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Start Monitoring Vault Environments PracticeWhich command is used to rotate the audit log file on a Vault server to ensure logs are written to a new file?
Explanation: vault audit rotate is the specific command to instruct Vault to close the current audit log file and open a new one.
An auditor notices that audit logs are missing entries for a specific mount point. What is the most likely cause?
Explanation: Vault audit devices can be enabled with a specific path prefix, meaning they only log requests to that path. If an auditor notices missing entries for a specific mount point, the most likely cause is that the audit device was not enabled for that path prefix. Audit devices are enabled globally or with a prefix filter, and if the prefix does not match the mount, events are not logged.
You are configuring Vault to export telemetry to Prometheus. Which stanza must be added to the Vault configuration file to enable the metrics endpoint for scraping?
Explanation: The telemetry stanza is required to enable the metrics endpoint, which allows Prometheus to scrape data from Vault.
When reviewing Vault server logs, you see 'request_path' entries that are redacted. Why is this occurring?
Explanation: When an audit device is configured with log_raw=false (the default), Vault hashes sensitive values in the audit log, including request paths that may contain secrets (e.g., KV paths with secret data). This redaction is a security feature to prevent plaintext secrets from being written to audit logs. The request_path field is redacted because the path itself can contain sensitive information, and log_raw=false enforces HMAC-SHA256 hashing of these values.
You are troubleshooting high CPU usage in Vault. Which telemetry metric category should you examine first?
Explanation: The vault.route.request metric measures the rate and latency of requests handled by Vault's routing layer, which sits in front of all secrets engines and auth methods. High CPU usage in Vault is most often caused by a surge in request volume or expensive request paths, so examining route-level request metrics first reveals whether the load is request-driven. This category aggregates request counts and timing across all paths, making it the fastest way to confirm a traffic-related CPU spike.
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