vault-setup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ "$0" != "$BASH_SOURCE" ]]; then echo "no sourcing">&2; return 1; fi;

set -eu -o pipefail

# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/39660
err_report() { echo "Error on line $1 from caller $(caller)"; }
trap 'err_report $LINENO' ERR

if [[ "$#" == 1 ]] ; then
    case "$1" in
        "nuke")
            docker rm -f vault && sudo rm -rf vault-file && mkdir vault-file
            exit 0
            ;;
        "build")
            ;;
        *)
            echo 'only understand nuke or build'>&2;
            exit 2;
            ;;
    esac
else
    echo 'need a command'
    exit 1
fi;

mkdir -p ./vault-file;

docker run \
    -d --log-opt max-size=10m --log-opt max-file=10 --restart=always \
    --name vault \
    -v ./vault-file:/vault/file \
    --cap-add=IPC_LOCK -e 'VAULT_LOCAL_CONFIG={
        "storage": {"file": {"path": "/vault/file"}},
        "listener": [{"tcp": { "address": "0.0.0.0:8200", "tls_disable": true}}],
        "default_lease_ttl": "168h", "max_lease_ttl": "720h", "ui": true
    }' \
    -p 127.0.0.1:${PORT:-8200}:8200 \
    hashicorp/vault server

while ! nc localhost 8200 -z -w 1; do echo "no vault yet"; ((c++)) && ((c==10)) && break; sleep 1; done;
sleep 3;

json="$( \
    docker run \
        --rm --name vault-cli-tmp \
        --cap-add IPC_LOCK --network host -e "VAULT_ADDR=${VAULT_ADDR:-http://localhost:8200}" \
        hashicorp/vault operator init -format=json -key-shares=1 -key-threshold=1 \
    )";

root_token=$(echo "$json" | jq -r .root_token);
unseal_key_b64=$(echo "$json" | jq -r .unseal_keys_b64[0]);

echo the root_token is $root_token
echo unseal_key_b64 is $unseal_key_b64

docker run \
    --rm --name vault-cli-tmp \
    --cap-add IPC_LOCK --network host -e "VAULT_ADDR=${VAULT_ADDR:-http://localhost:8200}" \
    hashicorp/vault operator unseal -format=json $unseal_key_b64;

echo 'path "*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list", "sudo"] }' | \
    docker run \
        -i --rm --name vault-cli-tmp \
        --cap-add IPC_LOCK --network host -e "VAULT_ADDR=${VAULT_ADDR:-http://localhost:8200}" \
        -e VAULT_TOKEN=$root_token \
        hashicorp/vault policy write admin -;

docker run \
    -i --rm --name vault-cli-tmp \
    --cap-add IPC_LOCK --network host -e "VAULT_ADDR=${VAULT_ADDR:-http://localhost:8200}" \
    -e VAULT_TOKEN=$root_token \
    hashicorp/vault auth enable userpass;

for user in admin da ng ; do
    password="$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9_#' | head -c 20 || true)"

    docker run \
        --rm --name vault-cli-tmp \
        --cap-add IPC_LOCK --network host -e "VAULT_ADDR=${VAULT_ADDR:-http://localhost:8200}" \
        -e VAULT_TOKEN=$root_token \
        hashicorp/vault write -format=json auth/userpass/users/$user password=$password policies=admin;

    echo user $user has password $password
done

see also https://gist.github.com/Mishco/b47b341f852c5934cf736870f0b5da81

example of a vault policy which allows for access to a subpath on the engine "kv", write access to a subfolder, and allows to change own password in the UI

path "/kv/metadata" { capabilities = [ "list" ] }
path "/kv/metadata/your-feature*" { capabilities = [ "list", "read" ] }
path "/kv/data/your-feature*" { capabilities = [ "list", "read" ] }

path "/kv/metadata" { capabilities = [ "list" ] }
path "/kv/metadata/your-feature/dev*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list", "sudo"] }
path "/kv/data/your-feature/dev*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list", "sudo"] }

path "sys/auth*" { capabilities = [ "list", "read" ] }
path "auth*" { capabilities = [ "read" ] }