server
The server
command starts a Vault server that responds to API requests. By
default, Vault will start in a "sealed" state. The Vault cluster must be
initialized before use, usually by the vault operator init
command. Each Vault
server must also be unsealed using the vault operator unseal
command or the
API before the server can respond to requests.
For more information, please see:
operator init
command for information on initializing a Vault server.operator unseal
command for information on providing unseal keys.Vault configuration for the syntax and various configuration options for a Vault server.
Examples
Start a server with a configuration file:
Run in "dev" mode with a custom initial root token:
Usage
The following flags are available in addition to the standard set of flags included on all commands.
Command options
-config
(string: "")
- Path to a configuration file or directory of configuration files. This flag can be specified multiple times to load multiple configurations. If the path is a directory, all files which end in .hcl or .json are loaded.-log-level
(string: "info")
- Log verbosity level. Supported values (in order of descending detail) aretrace
,debug
,info
,warn
, anderror
. This can also be specified via theVAULT_LOG_LEVEL
environment variable.-log-format
(string: "standard")
- Log format. Supported values arestandard
andjson
. This can also be specified via theVAULT_LOG_FORMAT
environment variable.-log-file
- the absolute path where Vault should save log messages in addition to other, existing outputs like journald / stdout. Paths that end with a path separator use the default file name,vault.log
. Paths that do not end with a file extension use the default.log
extension. If the log file rotates, Vault appends the current timestamp to the file name at the time of rotation. For example:log-file
Full log file Rotated log file /var/log
/var/log/vault.log
/var/log/vault-{timestamp}.log
/var/log/my-diary
/var/log/my-diary.log
/var/log/my-diary-{timestamp}.log
/var/log/my-diary.txt
/var/log/my-diary.txt
/var/log/my-diary-{timestamp}.txt
-log-rotate-bytes
- to specify the number of bytes that should be written to a log before it needs to be rotated. Unless specified, there is no limit to the number of bytes that can be written to a log file.-log-rotate-duration
- to specify the maximum duration a log should be written to before it needs to be rotated. Must be a duration value such as 30s. Defaults to 24h.-log-rotate-max-files
- to specify the maximum number of older log file archives to keep. Defaults to 0 (no files are ever deleted). Set to -1 to discard old log files when a new one is created.-experiment
(string array: [])
- The name of an experiment to enable for this node. This flag can be specified multiple times to enable multiple experiments. Experiments should NOT be used in production, and the associated APIs may have backwards incompatible changes between releases. Additional experiments can also be specified via theVAULT_EXPERIMENTS
environment variable as a comma-separated list, or via theexperiments
config key.VAULT_ALLOW_PENDING_REMOVAL_MOUNTS
(bool: false)
- (environment variable) Allow Vault to be started with builtin engines which have thePending Removal
deprecation state. This is a temporary stopgap in place in order to perform an upgrade and disable these engines. Once these engines are markedRemoved
(in the next major release of Vault), the environment variable will no longer work and a downgrade must be performed in order to remove the offending engines. For more information, see the deprecation faq.
Dev options
-dev
(bool: false)
- Enable development mode. In this mode, Vault runs in-memory and starts unsealed. As the name implies, do not run "dev" mode in production.-dev-tls
(bool: false)
- Enable TLS development mode. In this mode, Vault runs in-memory and starts unsealed with a generated TLS CA, certificate and key. As the name implies, do not run "dev" mode in production.-dev-tls-cert-dir
(string: "")
- Directory where generated TLS files are created if-dev-tls
is specified. If left unset, files are generated in a temporary directory.-dev-listen-address
(string: "127.0.0.1:8200")
- Address to bind to in "dev" mode. This can also be specified via theVAULT_DEV_LISTEN_ADDRESS
environment variable.-dev-root-token-id
(string: "")
- Initial root token. This only applies when running in "dev" mode. This can also be specified via theVAULT_DEV_ROOT_TOKEN_ID
environment variable.Note: The token ID should not start with the
s.
prefix.-dev-no-store-token
(string: "")
- Do not persist the dev root token to the token helper (usually the local filesystem) for use in future requests. The token will only be displayed in the command output.-dev-plugin-dir
(string: "")
- Directory from which plugins are allowed to be loaded. Only applies in "dev" mode, it will automatically register all the plugins in the provided directory.