UPDATE (8 July, 2021): I have updated the default_role code snippet to work with Vault 1.7.1.
Vault is a great tool for secrets management. It comes with various integrations and authentication methods. This article will be focusing on authentication and authorization in Vault using Google G-Suite OIDC flow and making use of groups claim in Google Cloud Platform environment.
What is the advantage of groups claim?
Google G-Suite simplifies user management and works well along with Google Cloud Platform. Groups claim can be leveraged to authorize a user in Vault by mapping its associated Google G-Suite group with a Vault group. …
Vipul Agarwal
Security and Systems Engineering
