VAULT-ASSOCIATE-002 Question #74: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

What command creates a secret with the key "my-password" and the value "53cr3t" at path "my- secrets" within the KV secrets engine mounted at "secret"?

Options

• Avault kv put secret/my-secrets/my-password 53cr3t
• Bvault kv write secret/my-secrets/my-password 53cr3t
• Cvault kv write 53cr3t my-secrets/my-password
• Dvault kv put secret/my-secrets my-password-53cr3t

Explanation

The command vault kv put secret/my-secrets/my-password 53cr3t correctly creates a secret named 'my-password' with the value '53cr3t' at the specified path.

Common mistakes.

• B. While vault kv write can be used, the provided syntax for assigning a key-value pair as described is less standard than vault kv put for directly setting a single secret value.
• C. The command order is incorrect; vault kv write expects the path before the key-value arguments, not the value first.
• D. This command would create a secret at secret/my-secrets with its default value field set to my-password-53cr3t, rather than creating a key named "my-password" with the value "53cr3t".

Concept tested. Vault KV secret creation syntax (KVv1)

Reference. https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/commands/kv/put

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