Testing Vault ACL policies with Python: Automating verification & intent
October 25, 2023
27 min
Free
acl-policies
vault
python
testing
automation
cicd
hashicorp
policy-as-code
security
compliance
github-actions
opa
Description
Writing Vault ACL policies and testing them to ensure they meet security requirements is a challenge. HashiCorp Ambassador Ned Bellavance demonstrates how to use Python and unit tests to automate policy testing, verifying that policies accurately reflect security intent and enhancing the policy testing and deployment workflow.