From d5e084b29752c2780001818526ae2fa4b0015946 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 17:26:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: added note about vault -period flag (#13185) --- website/content/docs/integrations/vault-integration.mdx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/docs/integrations/vault-integration.mdx b/website/content/docs/integrations/vault-integration.mdx index aecfc383e..757fde305 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/integrations/vault-integration.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/integrations/vault-integration.mdx @@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ default of `orphan = false`. More information about creating orphan tokens can be found in [Vault's Token Hierarchies and Orphan Tokens documentation][tokenhierarchy]. +The [`-period` flag](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/commands/token/create#period) is required to allow the automatic renewal of the token. If this is left out, a [`vault token renew` command](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/commands/token/renew) will need to be run manually to renew the token. + The token can then be set in the server configuration's [`vault` stanza][config], as a command-line flag, or via an environment variable.