VA-003 Assess Vault tokens Practice Question
A security policy requires that all tokens are revoked when a user leaves the organization. What is the most efficient way to revoke all tokens issued to that user?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates may confuse the auth/token/revoke-prefix endpoint as a user-specific tool when it actually operates on token creation paths, not user identities. Vault's identity-based revocation via the identity/entity endpoint is the correct method.
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Why each option matters
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Use the identity/entity endpoint to revoke all tokens associated with the user's entity
Vault associates all tokens issued to a user with their entity identity. Using the identity/entity endpoint to revoke the entity's tokens is the most efficient method, as it leverages Vault's identity system to revoke all tokens linked to that entity in a single API call, rather than requiring individual token lookups or path-based revocation.
Answer analysis
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Use the identity/entity endpoint to revoke all tokens associated with the user's entity
Why this is correct
Entity-based revocation revokes all tokens linked to the entity.
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Revoke each token individually using its accessor
Why it's wrong here
Manual revocation is not efficient for many tokens.
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Use the auth/token/revoke-prefix endpoint with the user's token path
Why it's wrong here
This revokes tokens by path, but the user may have tokens from multiple paths.
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Restart the Vault server
Why it's wrong here
Restarting does not revoke tokens; they persist.
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