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Discussion on: Dynamically Securing Databases using Hashicorp Vault

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Francisco Rodriguez

You would't have to handle DB credentials, instead the application will be requesting them via API. The trend is that the systems can be dynamically authenticated without human intervention.

In regards to the VAULT_TOKEN, Vault support some some other authentication backends, but having the VAULT_TOKEN doesn't give you access to the DB.