"Campina Grande": Give me my cert, Vault

Scenario: "Campina Grande": Give me my cert, Vault

Level: Medium

Type: Fix

Tags: hashicorp vault   realistic-interviews  

Description: A web application running at https://nginx.example.com has an expired certificate. Issue a new certificate using the Hashicorp Vault running on the server.
The Vault instance is already unsealed and initialized, and you have full admin access with the admin user.

Root (sudo) Access: True

Test: Running curl https://nginx.example.com returns Hello!.

The certificate presented by Nginx is issued by the Vault PKI (check using openssl verify -CAfile /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/vault-pki-ca.crt /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem).

The "Check My Solution" button runs the script /home/admin/agent/check.sh, which you can see and execute.

Time to Solve: 15 minutes.


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Updated: 2025-09-13 01:50 UTC – c8571bf