This assumes the following has already been done.

• Hashicorp Vault has been installed

Use the npm list command to determine if the node-vault package is installed.

~]$ npm list
nodejs_hashicorp_vault
@ /home/john.doe/nodejs_hashicorp_vault
└── node-vault@0.10.2

If the node-vault package is not listed, use the npm install command to install the node-vault package.

npm install node-vault

Here is the minimal boilerplate code needed to authenticate to Hashicorp Vault. In this example, the authentication is done using a token.

var options = {
  apiVersion: 'v1',
  endpoint: 'http://vault.example.com:8200',
  token: 'hvs.CAESIAfdfIXuyXbXZCaDx7kSXpC04y4yPRhbTulQBGinXzbsGiUKHGh2cy5sb2lQZVFnRWVxQjdxak8yTkZUNVJUd0sQmM6ACRgI'
};

var vault = require("node-vault")(options);