One of the many ways to run HashiCorp Vault is within containers. Typically you would do this with Kubernetes or ECS, but what if you were looking for a way to run Vault with a public endpoint for the lowest cost possible? Why not use containers on demand? Specifically, using Azure Container Instances.

Today's check-in includes a lightning talk I did during HashiConf Digital 2020 outlining exactly how you could go about run Vault on ACI, using Azure Key Vault for auto-unseal and Azure Files for state storage. You can find the deployment files on my GitHub: https://github.com/ned1313/Vault-on-ACI

You can also check out the Day Two Cloud episode where I talk about the talk and much more from HashiConf here: https://packetpushers.net/podcast/day-two-cloud-073-ansiblefest-hashiconf-2020-announcements-analysis-awesomeness/