Use Vault Secret Credentials with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault
Describes using vault secret credentials, where the secret (password) is stored as a secret in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault.
You can use vault secret credentials to access cloud resources, to access other databases with database links, or use anywhere that username/password type credentials are required.
- Prerequisites to Create Vault Secret Credentials with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault
Describes the required prerequisite steps to use vault secret credentials with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault secrets. - Create Vault Secret Credentials with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault
Describes the steps to use an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault secret with credentials.
Parent topic: Use Vault Secret Credentials
Prerequisites to Create Vault Secret Credentials with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault
To create vault secret credentials where the secret is stored in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault, first perform the required prerequisites.
Create Vault Secret Credentials with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault
This allows you to store a secret in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault and use the secret with the credential you create to access cloud resources or to access other databases.
To create vault secret credentials where the secret is stored in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault:
Every 12 hours the secret (password) is refreshed from the content in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault. If you change the secret value in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault, it can take up to 12 hours for the Autonomous Database instance to pick up the latest secret value.
Run DBMS_CLOUD.REFRESH_VAULT_CREDENTIAL
to immediately
refresh a vault secret credential. This procedure gets the latest version of the
vault secret from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault. See REFRESH_VAULT_CREDENTIAL Procedure for more information.