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Company Migrates from Kubernetes to HashiCorp Nomad, Implements Hashicorp Vault for Secure Secret Management.

A recent migration from Kubernetes to HashiCorp Nomad has led a company to reevaluate their infrastructure security. Initially, they experienced service discovery issues and integrated Consul to address them. However, the introduction of an open port on a Nomad node exposed a vulnerability, prompting a rotation of payment keys, AWS credentials, and other sensitive information.

Hardcoded secrets in the codebase presented a manual, error-prone update process. The company initially considered using AWS Secrets Manager but ultimately chose Hashicorp Vault for its identity-based security solution and automatic secret delivery capabilities.

A proof-of-concept demonstrated Vault's potential to centralize key management, automate secret updates, and improve security by avoiding hardcoded keys. This approach simplified secret management, ensured consistency, and enhanced overall infrastructure security.

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Source: https://dev.to/hexmos/from-vulnerabilities-to-vault-how-we-stopped-hardcoding-secrets-and-started-using-hashicorp-vault-ajn