open-vault/command/agent/README.md

Vault Agent

Vault Agent is a client daemon that provides Auth-Auth, Caching, and Template features.

Vault Agent provides a number of different helper features, specifically addressing the following challenges:

• Automatic authentication
• Secure delivery/storage of tokens
• Lifecycle management of these tokens (renewal & re-authentication)

See the usage documentation on the Vault website here:

• https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/agent/