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layout: docs
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page_title: Couchbase - Database - Secrets Engines
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description: |-
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Couchbase is one of the supported plugins for the database secrets engine.
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This plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured
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roles for the Couchbase database.
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---
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# Couchbase Database Secrets Engine
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Couchbase is one of the supported plugins for the database secrets engine. This
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plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured roles for
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the Couchbase database.
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See the [database secrets engine](/docs/secrets/databases) docs for
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more information about setting up the database secrets engine.
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## Capabilities
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| Plugin Name | Root Credential Rotation | Dynamic Roles | Static Roles |
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| --------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------- | ------------ |
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| `couchbase-database-plugin` | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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## Setup
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1. Enable the database secrets engine if it is not already enabled:
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```bash
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$ vault secrets enable database
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Success! Enabled the database secrets engine at: database/
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```
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By default, the secrets engine will enable at the name of the engine. To
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enable the secrets engine at a different path, use the `-path` argument.
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1. Configure Vault with the proper plugin and connection configuration:
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```bash
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$ vault write database/config/my-couchbase-database \
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plugin_name="couchbase-database-plugin" \
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hosts="couchbases://127.0.0.1" \
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tls=true \
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base64pem="${BASE64PEM}" \
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username="vaultuser" \
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password="vaultpass" \
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allowed_roles="my-*-role"
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```
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Where `${BASE64PEM}` is the server's root certificate authority in PEM
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format, encoded as a base64 string with no new lines.
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To connect to clusters prior to version 6.5.0, a `bucket_name` must also
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be configured:
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```bash
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$ vault write database/config/my-couchbase-database \
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plugin_name="couchbase-database-plugin" \
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hosts="couchbases://127.0.0.1" \
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tls=true \
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base64pem="${BASE64PEM}" \
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username="vaultuser" \
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password="vaultpass" \
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allowed_roles="my-*-role" \
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bucket_name="travel-sample"
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```
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1. You should consider rotating the admin password. Note that if you do, the
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new password will never be made available through Vault, so you should
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create a Vault-specific database admin user for this.
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```bash
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vault write -force database/rotate-root/my-couchbase-database
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```
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## Usage
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After the secrets engine is configured, configure dynamic and static roles
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to enable generating credentials.
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### Dynamic roles
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1. Configure a dynamic role that maps a name in Vault to a JSON string
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specifying a Couchbase RBAC role. The default value for
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`creation_statements` is a read-only admin role:
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`{"Roles": [{"role":"ro_admin"}]}`.
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```bash
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$ vault write database/roles/my-dynamic-role \
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db_name="my-couchbase-database" \
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creation_statements='{"Roles": [{"role":"ro_admin"}]}' \
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default_ttl="5m" \
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max_ttl="1h"
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```
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Note that any groups specified in the creation statement must already exist.
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1. Generate a new credential by reading from the `/creds` endpoint with the name
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of the role:
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```bash
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$ vault read database/creds/my-dynamic-role
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Key Value
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--- -----
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lease_id database/creds/my-dynamic-role/wiLNQjtcvCOT1VnN3qnUJnBz
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lease_duration 5m
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lease_renewable true
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password mhyM-Gs7IpmOPnSqXEDe
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username v-root-my-dynamic-role-eXnVr4gm55dpM1EVgTYz-1596815027
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```
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### Static roles
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1. Configure a static role that maps a name in Vault to an existing couchbase
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user.
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```bash
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$ vault write database/static-roles/my-static-role \
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db_name="my-couchbase-database" \
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username="my-existing-couchbase-user" \
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rotation_period=5m
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```
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1. Retrieve the credentials from the `/static-creds` endpoint:
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```bash
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$ vault read database/static-creds/my-static-role
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Key Value
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--- -----
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last_vault_rotation 2020-08-07T16:50:48.393354+01:00
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password Z4-KH8F-VK5VJc0hSkXQ
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rotation_period 5m
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ttl 4m39s
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username my-existing-couchbase-user
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```
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## API
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The full list of configurable options can be seen in the [Couchbase database plugin API](/api-docs/secret/databases/couchbase) page.
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For more information on the database secrets engine's HTTP API please see the [Database secret secrets engine API](/api-docs/secret/databases) page.
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