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+# config/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-rancher.yaml
+# Imports (registers) the rancher secrets plugin in the catalog. Filename =
+# catalog name = mount type. The binary is installed on the OpenBao nodes by
+# Puppet (openbao-plugin-secrets-rancher RPM ->
+# /opt/openbao-plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-rancher).
+#
+# sha256 pins the released v0.1.0 binary; bump it in lockstep with any RPM
+# upgrade or OpenBao will refuse to launch the plugin.
+type: secret
+command: vault-plugin-secrets-rancher
+sha256: "d2b17f45b5fa9e6549443fec3ba22f17ef575d2d811c14324187dc9904ec574a"