Vault Docker setup in local using Docker Compose

1. Create folder called "vault-docker"
2. Create Following file structure inside that folder

3. Inside volume folder:

4. Inside config folder:

5. Create a docker-composer.yml file and fill it like below:

version: '3'

services:

  vault:

    image: vault

    container_name: vault

    ports:

      - "8200:8200"

    restart: always

    volumes:

      - /home/prabod/UOE/vault-docker/volumes/config:/vault/config

      - /home/prabod/UOE/valut-docker/volumes/logs:/vault/logs

      - /home/prabod/UOE/valut-docker/volumes/file:/vault/file

    cap_add:

      - IPC_LOCK

    entrypoint: vault server -config=/vault/config/vault.json

Note: Please update above highlighted path as your.

6. Create a vault.json file and fill it like below:

{

  "backend": {

    "file": {

      "path": "/vault/file"

    }

  },

  "listener": {

    "tcp":{

      "address": "0.0.0.0:8200", # Listener host and port

      "tls_disable": 1

    }

  },

  "ui": true  # Enable UI

}

After creating all files and folders, Open terminal and navigate the location to vault-docker folder and run below command to up docker composer

docker-compose up

After successfully start docker vault, You should be able to login into the vault UI:

http://localhost:8200/ui/

Then create a vault token for you login.