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ci: fetch vault from artifactapi instead of dnf install (#99)
## Why

CI installs vault by shelling out to `dnf install vault -y`. That reads
metadata for every enabled repo (appstream/baseos/crb/epel/ha) and downloads
the 169MB vendored vault RPM from the `unkin` repo on **every** plan/apply run
(~39s per job measured in `almalinux9-opentofu:20260606`).

## Change

- Replace `dnf install vault -y` with a pinned `curl` of the upstream vault zip
  from the artifactapi `hashicorp-releases` remote proxy, extracted with the
  image's `python3` (`python3 -m zipfile`) to `/usr/local/bin/vault`.
- Pin the version via a new `VAULT_VERSION` env var (`1.20.0`); bump the var to
  upgrade.

## Speedup

Measured in `git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-opentofu:20260606`:

| approach | time |
|---|---|
| `dnf install vault -y` (current) | ~39s |
| `dnf --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=unkin` (still pulls 169MB RPM) | ~9s |
| curl zip from artifactapi + python extract (this PR) | ~6.6s |

~32s saved per plan/apply job. The zip is cached by artifactapi after first
fetch (warm ~3s).

## Caveats

- Assumes the `almalinux9-opentofu` image ships `curl` + `python3` (both
  present in `:20260606`).
- Relies on the existing artifactapi `hashicorp-releases` generic remote whose
  patterns already allow `vault/.*vault_.*_linux_amd64.zip`.

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Co-authored-by: benvin <neotheo@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: #99
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
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terraform-vault

A repository to manage the configuration of Vault secret engines, authentication modes and policies.

Usage

  1. Initialize Terraform

Once you have your backend block configured, you need to initialize your Terraform working directory to configure the backend:

terraform init

This command initializes the backend and checks the connection to Consul. If everything is set up correctly, Terraform will start using Consul as its backend for storing the state.

  1. Common terraform init Errors

If you encounter errors while running terraform init, check the following:

Consul server is reachable: Make sure that the address is correct and that you can connect to the Consul server.
Consul token (if using ACLs): Verify that the token has the correct permissions to write to the specified path in the Consul KV store.
  1. Example Consul KV Structure

In Consul, the state file will be stored in the KV store under the specified path:

terraform/state

You can check the Consul KV store by accessing the Consul UI or using the consul kv command to see the stored Terraform state:

consul kv get terraform/state
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