Now that you have created a new HCP Vault instance, you will need to perform some initial configuration to support your user case such as enabling secrets engines to store or generate secrets, or adding additional auth methods to allow users or applications to authenticate with HCP Vault.
HCP Vault provides the same type of access as a traditional Vault cluster. You can access it through a command line interface (CLI) using the Vault binary, through the Vault API using common programming languages or tools such as cURL, or by using the Vault User Interface (UI).
»Access the Vault cluster
Under Quick actions, click the Public Cluster URL.
Security Best Practice: When an HCP Vault cluster has public access enabled, you can connect from any internet connected device. When the HCP Vault cluster has public access disabled you will need to access the cluster from an AWS VPC with VPC peering or a transit gateway connection. For the purposes of this tutorial, your cluster should have public access enabled.
In a new browser window, enter the copied address.
The login page is displayed. By default Vault enables the token authentication method.
Return to the Overview page and click +Generate token.
When a confirmation dialog appears, click Generate admin token to
proceed. An Admin Token pop-up dialog displays the token.Copy the Admin Token.
Return to the Vault UI, enter the token in the Token field.
Click Sign In.
Notice that your current namespace is admin/.
»Next steps
You logged into and accessed the HCP Vault cluster at the admin
namespace. In Vault Enterprise, each namespace can be treated as its own
isolated Vault environment. Learn more about namespaces in the Multi-tenancy
with Namespaces tutorial.
