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# vcm
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`vcm` manages Vault tokens for multiple vault instances ("contexts"). It logs
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in to (or renews tokens for) one or all configured contexts and caches each
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resulting token under `~/.cache/vcm/<context>` for use by
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[`vctx`](vctx.md) and other tooling.
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## Synopsis
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```
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vcm login <context> # log in to one context
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vcm login --all # log in to every configured context
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vcm renew <context> # renew one context's cached token
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vcm renew --all # renew every context that has a cached token
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vcm list # show contexts + cached-token status
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vcm version
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```
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## Flags
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Both `login` and `renew` accept:
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| Flag | Default | Description |
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| -------------- | -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
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| `--all` | `false` | Operate on every configured context. |
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| `--method <m>` | context/config, else `ldap` | Override the auth method (`ldap`, `userpass`, `okta`, `radius`, `token`). |
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| `--user <u>` | context/config, else `$USER` | Override the login username. |
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A context name or `--all` is required (but not both).
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## Configuration
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`vcm` reads `~/.config/vcm/config.yaml` (`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is honoured in
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place of `~/.config`).
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```yaml
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# ~/.config/vcm/config.yaml
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defaults:
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method: ldap # applied to any context that doesn't set its own
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user: ben
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namespace: ""
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contexts:
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sydney:
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address: https://vault.syd1.au.unkin.net
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staging/sydney: # slashes are allowed; they nest on disk
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address: https://vault-staging.syd1.au.unkin.net
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namespace: staging
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user: svc-ben # per-context override
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legacy:
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address: https://vault-legacy.example.net
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method: userpass
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path: userpass2 # override the auth mount path (default = method)
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```
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### Field resolution
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For each context, every field is resolved with the chain
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**context value → file `defaults` → built-in default**:
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- `method` — built-in default `ldap`.
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- `user` — built-in default `$USER`.
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- `namespace` — no built-in default (unset means the root namespace).
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- `path` — the auth mount path; defaults to the resolved `method`.
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`--method` / `--user` on the command line override the resolved values. When
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`--method` changes the method and the context did not pin an explicit `path`,
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the auth path follows the new method.
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## Auth methods
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- **Password methods** (`ldap`, `userpass`, `okta`, `radius`): `vcm` prompts
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for a password (no echo) and POSTs to `auth/<path>/login/<user>`.
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- **`token`**: `vcm` prompts for a raw Vault token (no echo), verifies it with
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`auth/token/lookup-self`, and caches its details.
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## Token cache
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Tokens are written to `~/.cache/vcm/<context>` (honouring `$XDG_CACHE_HOME`)
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as JSON. Slash contexts nest: `staging/sydney` →
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`~/.cache/vcm/staging/sydney`. Parent directories are created `0700` and token
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files are written `0600`.
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Each file stores enough to inspect and later revoke the token:
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```json
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{
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"context": "staging/sydney",
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"address": "https://vault-staging.syd1.au.unkin.net",
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"namespace": "staging",
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"token": "s....",
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"accessor": "hmac-...",
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"policies": ["default", "kv-read"],
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"renewable": true,
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"lease_duration_seconds": 3600,
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"issued_at": "2026-07-26T12:00:00Z",
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"expires_at": "2026-07-26T13:00:00Z"
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}
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```
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The `accessor` lets you revoke the token later without exposing the secret
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(`vault token revoke -accessor <accessor>`).
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## Examples
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```bash
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# Log in to one context (prompts for password)
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vcm login sydney
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# Log in everywhere at once
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vcm login --all
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# Log in to a context overriding the method + user
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vcm login sydney --method okta --user someone.else
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# Renew a slash-named context
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vcm renew staging/sydney
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# Renew everything that currently has a cached token
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vcm renew --all
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# See what is configured and which tokens are still valid
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vcm list
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```
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## Shell completion
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```bash
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vcm completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/vcm
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vcm completion zsh > ~/.zsh/completions/_vcm
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```
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Context names complete dynamically from the config file (the RPM installs these
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completions automatically).
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