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+# Allow the vault deployer to import the rancher plugin and manage its engine
+# (config, seeded service accounts, and roles).
+#
+# terraform-vault registers the plugin itself (vault_plugin -> sys/plugins/catalog,
+# a sudo-protected path) and manages the engine via the ranchervaultsecret
+# provider, so the deployer needs catalog access on top of the mount access it
+# already has (sys/mounts/*). Without this, apply 403s on the plugin
+# registration and on rancher/{config,service-accounts,roles} writes.
+---
+rules:
+  # Import / register (and deregister) the rancher plugin in the catalog.
+  - path: "sys/plugins/catalog/secret/vault-plugin-secrets-rancher"
+    capabilities:
+      - create
+      - read
+      - update
+      - delete
+      - sudo
+  # Engine connection config.
+  - path: "rancher/config"
+    capabilities:
+      - create
+      - read
+      - update
+      - delete
+  # Seeded, auto-rotated service-account tokens (+ manual rotate).
+  - path: "rancher/service-accounts/*"
+    capabilities:
+      - create
+      - read
+      - update
+      - delete
+      - list
+  - path: "rancher/service-accounts"
+    capabilities:
+      - read
+      - list
+  # Token-minting roles.
+  - path: "rancher/roles/*"
+    capabilities:
+      - create
+      - read
+      - update
+      - delete
+      - list
+  - path: "rancher/roles"
+    capabilities:
+      - read
+      - list
+
+auth:
+  approle:
+    - tf_vault
+  k8s/au/syd1:
+    - woodpecker_terraform_vault