Node.js Vault Client (node-vault-client-axios)

A Vault Client implemented in pure javascript for HashiCorp Vault. It supports a variety of Auth Backends and performs lease renewal for issued auth token.

This is a fork of node-vault-client.

Install

npm install --save node-vault-client-axios

Example

const VaultClient = require('node-vault-client-axios');

const vaultClient = VaultClient.boot('main', {
    api: { url: 'https://vault.example.com:8200/' },
    auth: { 
        type: 'appRole', // or 'token', 'iam'
        config: { role_id: '637c065f-c644-5e12-d3d1-e9fa4363af61' } 
    },
});

vaultClient.read('secret/tst').then(v => {
    console.log(v);
}).catch(e => console.error(e));

Supported Auth Backends

• AWS IAM
• AppRole
• Token

API

VaultClient

• VaultClient
  • new VaultClient(options)
  • instance
    • .fillNodeConfig()
    • .read(path) ⇒ Promise.<Lease>
    • .list(path) ⇒ Promise.<Lease>
    • .write(path, data) ⇒ Promise.<(T|never)>
  • static
    • .boot(name, [options]) ⇒
    • .get(name) ⇒
    • .clear([name])

new VaultClient(options)

Client constructor function.

| Param | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | options | Object | | | | options.api | Object | | | | options.api.url | String | | the url of the vault server | | [options.api.apiVersion] | String | v1 | | | options.auth | Object | | | | options.auth.type | String | | | | options.auth.config | Object | | auth configuration variables | | options.logger | Object | false | | Logger that supports "error", "info", "warn", "trace", "debug" methods. Uses console by default. Pass false to disable logging. |

vaultClient.fillNodeConfig()

Populates Vault's values to NPM "config" module

Kind: instance method of VaultClient

vaultClient.read(path) ⇒ Promise.<Lease>

Read secret from Vault

Kind: instance method of VaultClient

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | path | string | path to the secret |

vaultClient.list(path) ⇒ Promise.<Lease>

Retrieves secrets list

Kind: instance method of VaultClient

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | path | string | path to the secret |

vaultClient.write(path, data) ⇒ Promise.<(T|never)>

Writes data to Vault

Kind: instance method of VaultClient

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | path | | path used to write data | | data | object | data to write |

VaultClient.boot(name, [options]) ⇒

Boot an instance of Vault

The instance will be stored in a local hash. Calling Vault.boot multiple times with the same name will return the same instance.

Kind: static method of VaultClient
Returns: Vault

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | name | String | Vault instance name | | [options] | Object | options for Vault#constructor. |

VaultClient.get(name) ⇒

Get an instance of Vault

The instance will be stored in a local hash. Calling Vault.pop multiple times with the same name will return the same instance.

Kind: static method of VaultClient
Returns: Vault

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | name | String | Vault instance name |

VaultClient.clear([name])

Clear named Vault instance

If no name passed all named instances will be cleared.

Kind: static method of VaultClient

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | [name] | String | Vault instance name, all instances will be cleared if no name were passed |