docs: Add a note about auto-renewing the Vault token

pull/8943/head
Kyle Havlovitz 4 years ago
parent 52498e8d27
commit 2b0713b34d

@ -1230,7 +1230,10 @@ Valid time units are 'ns', 'us' (or 'µs'), 'ms', 's', 'm', 'h'."
- `address` ((#vault_ca_address)) The address of the Vault server to - `address` ((#vault_ca_address)) The address of the Vault server to
connect to. connect to.
- `token` ((#vault_ca_token)) The Vault token to use. - `token` ((#vault_ca_token)) The Vault token to use. In Consul 1.8.5 and later, if
the token has the [renewable](https://www.vaultproject.io/api-docs/auth/token#renewable)
flag set, Consul will attempt to renew its lease periodically after half the
duration has expired.
- `root_pki_path` ((#vault_ca_root_pki)) The path to use for the root - `root_pki_path` ((#vault_ca_root_pki)) The path to use for the root
CA pki backend in Vault. This can be an existing backend with a CA already CA pki backend in Vault. This can be an existing backend with a CA already

@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ is used if you're adding configuring to the agent's configuration file.
- `Token` / `token` (`string: <required>`) - A token for accessing Vault. - `Token` / `token` (`string: <required>`) - A token for accessing Vault.
This is write-only and will not be exposed when reading the CA configuration. This is write-only and will not be exposed when reading the CA configuration.
This token must have proper privileges for the PKI paths configured. This token must have proper privileges for the PKI paths configured. In Consul
1.8.5 and later, if the token has the [renewable]
(https://www.vaultproject.io/api-docs/auth/token#renewable)
flag set, Consul will attempt to renew its lease periodically after half the
duration has expired.
- `RootPKIPath` / `root_pki_path` (`string: <required>`) - The path to - `RootPKIPath` / `root_pki_path` (`string: <required>`) - The path to
a PKI secrets engine for the root certificate. If the path doesn't a PKI secrets engine for the root certificate. If the path doesn't

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