plugin register

The plugin register command registers a new plugin in Vault's plugin catalog. The plugin's type of "auth", "database", or "secret" must be included.

Examples

Register a plugin binary:

$ vault plugin register \
    -sha256=d3f0a8be02f6c074cf38c9c99d4d04c9c6466249 \
    auth my-custom-plugin
Success! Registered plugin: my-custom-plugin

Register an extracted plugin .zip file:

Before registering Key Management secrets engine v0.16.0+ent for the linux/amd64 system that runs Vault Enterprise, vault-plugin-secrets-keymgmt_v0.16.0+ent_linux_amd64.zip needs to be downloaded from https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault-plugin-secrets-keymgmt and placed in the plugin directory.

$ vault plugin register
    -version=0.16.0+ent \                      # version must match the plugin version on the releases page
    secret \
    vault-plugin-secrets-keymgmt               # name must match the plugin name on the releases page
Success! Registered plugin: vault-plugin-secrets-keymgmt

Register a plugin binary with custom args:

$ vault plugin register \
    -sha256=d3f0a8be02f6c074cf38c9c99d4d04c9c6466249 \
    -args=--with-glibc,--with-curl-bindings \
    auth my-custom-plugin

Register an extracted plugin .zip file with custom args:

$ vault plugin register
    -version=0.16.0+ent \                      # version must match the plugin version on the releases page
    -args=--with-glibc,--with-curl-bindings \
    secret \
    vault-plugin-secrets-keymgmt               # name must match the plugin name on the releases page

Usage

The following flags are available in addition to the standard set of flags included on all commands.

Output options

• -format (string: "table") - Print the output in the given format. Valid formats are "table", "json", or "yaml". This can also be specified via the VAULT_FORMAT environment variable.

Command options

• sha256 (string: "") – The SHA256 sum of a plugin binary or the OCI image. You must provide sha256 to register a plugin binary, but you must leave sha256 unset to register an extracted .zip file.

• -args ([]string: []) - Argument to pass to the plugin when starting. This flag can be specified multiple times to specify multiple args.

• -command (string: "") - Specifies the command path used to execute the plugin relative to the plugin directory or OCI image directory. You must provide command to register a plugin binary. Vault ignores command when you register with an extracted .zip file as it already knows the associated run command.

• -env ([]string: []) - Environment variables to set for the plugin when starting. This flag can be specified multiple times to specify multiple environment variables.

• -oci_image (string: "") - OCI image to run. If specified, setting -command, -args, and -env will update the container's entrypoint, args, and environment variables (append-only) respectively.

• -runtime (string: "") - Vault plugin runtime to use if -oci_image is specified.

• -version (string: "") - Semantic version of the plugin. Used as the tag when specifying -oci_image, but any leading 'v' will automatically be trimmed. You can omit version to register a plugin binary, but you must provide an explicit version to register an extracted .zip file.