django-informixdb-vault 0.1.0

A database driver for Django to connect to an Informix db via ODBC, obtaining the credentials from Hashicorp Vault

Extends the database driver for Django django_informixdb to retrieve credentials from a Hashicorp Vault service.

Assumptions

This driver expects the credentials to be stored in a KV v2 secret in Vault, as keys username and password.

Supported Authentication

Two methods, with highest priority first: - K8s JWT - Basic Token

Settings Required

Do not provide USER and PASSWORD. Instead provide these settings:

Setting	Required	Description
VAULT_ADDR	Yes	The HTTPS endpoint for Vault
VAULT_PATH	Yes	The path in Vault to the KV v2 secret storing the Informix credentials
VAULT_K8S_AUTH_MOUNT_POINT	No	The Vault mount point to use for Kubernetes authentication, default value: kubernetes
VAULT_K8S_JWT	No	The path to the JWT in a K8s container, default vault: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
VAULT_K8S_ROLE	Conditional	Provide the K8s role if using K8s JWT authentication to Vault
VAULT_KVV2_MOUNT_POINT	No	The Vault mount point to use for KVv2 secrets, default value: secret
VAULT_TOKEN	Conditional	Provide the token if using basic token authentication to Vault