You need to connect to and manage a new HCP Vault cluster using the Vault CLI on your laptop. What environment variables should you set to establish…

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To connect to an HCP Vault cluster using the Vault CLI, you need to set VAULT_ADDR and

VAULT_NAMESPACE. The HashiCorp Vault documentation states: "You can use environment variables

to configure the CLI globally. For example, export VAULT_ADDR='http://localhost:8200' sets the

address of your Vault server globally." For HCP Vault, the default port is 8200, and the default

namespace is "admin," so VAULT_ADDR=https://:8200 and

VAULT_NAMESPACE=admin are required. A token (via VAULT_TOKEN) is also needed for

authentication but is typically set after initial connectivity.

VAULT_CLIENT_KEY isn’t a standard variable for CLI connectivity. VAULT_REDIRECT_ADDR and

VAULT_CLUSTER_ADDR are not used for this purpose. Thus, C provides the correct variables.

Reference:

HashiCorp Vault Documentation - CLI Environment Variables