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Start Utilize Vault CLI and API PracticeA DevOps engineer needs to write a new secret to the KV v2 engine at path 'secret/data/team' with key 'api_key' and value 'abc123'. Which Vault CLI command achieves this?
Explanation: Option B is correct because the KV v2 engine automatically prefixes the path with 'data/' when using the 'vault kv put' command. The correct path for writing a secret to the KV v2 engine is 'secret/data/team', but the CLI command 'vault kv put secret/team api_key=abc123' handles this internally by appending '/data/' to the path. This is a key difference from the 'vault write' command, which requires the full path including 'data/'.
An admin wants to list all enabled authentication methods using the Vault API. Which curl command is correct?
Explanation: Option B is correct because the Vault API endpoint to list all enabled authentication methods is a GET request to `/v1/sys/auth`. This endpoint returns a map of all enabled auth methods, and the command uses the correct HTTP method (GET) and the required `X-Vault-Token` header for authentication.
A user wants to log in using the userpass auth method with username 'jdoe' and password 'p@ssw0rd'. What is the correct API endpoint and request?
Explanation: The userpass auth method in Vault requires a POST request to the login endpoint with the password provided in the JSON body. Option D correctly uses POST /v1/auth/userpass/login/jdoe with {"password":"p@ssw0rd"}, which matches the Vault API specification for authenticating against a userpass backend.
A security team needs to create a token with a custom TTL of 1 hour and associate it with a policy named 'read-only'. Which Vault CLI command accomplishes this?
Explanation: Option A is correct because `vault token create -policy=read-only -ttl=1h` uses the correct Vault CLI syntax for creating a token with a custom TTL and associating it with a policy. The `-policy` flag specifies the policy name, and `-ttl=1h` sets the time-to-live to 1 hour, which is the standard format for duration in Vault CLI commands.
An operator wants to enable the AWS auth method at the default path. Which curl command is correct?
Explanation: Option D is correct because enabling an auth method at the default path requires a POST request to the `/v1/sys/auth/aws` endpoint with a JSON payload containing the `type` field set to `"aws"`. The POST method is used to create a new mount, and the trailing slash is optional but accepted. The `X-Vault-Token` header provides the necessary authentication token.
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