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Auth Backend: TLS Certificates
Name: cert
The "cert" auth backend allows authentication using SSL/TLS client certificates which are either signed by a CA or self-signed.
The trusted certificates and CAs are configured directly to the auth
backend using the certs/ path. This backend cannot read trusted certificates
from an external source.
Authentication
The endpoint for the login is /login. The client simply connects with their TLS
certificate and when the login endpoint is hit, the auth backend will determine
if there is a matching trusted certificate to authenticate the client.
Configuration
To use the "cert" auth backend, an operator must configure it with
trusted certificates that are allowed to authenticate. An example is shown below.
Use vault help for more details.
$ vault write auth/cert/certs/web display_name=web policies=web,prod certificate=@web-cert.pem
...
The above creates a new trusted certificate "web" with same display name and the "web" and "prod" policies. The certificate (public key) used to verify clients is given by the "web-cert.pem" file.