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Fix issues with Vault RA mode instructions #270

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Fix issues with Vault RA mode instructions #270

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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion step-ca/registration-authority-ra-mode.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ Run:

```bash
VAULT_URI=http://127.0.0.1:8200
VAULT_CA_FINGERPRINT=$(step certificate fingerprint `step path`/certs/root_ca.crt)
VAULT_CA_FINGERPRINT=$(step certificate fingerprint root_ca.crt)
cat <<< $(jq --arg vault_role_id "$VAULT_ROLE_ID" \
--arg vault_secret_id "$VAULT_SECRET_ID" \
--arg vault_uri "$VAULT_URI" \
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -581,6 +581,17 @@ Here are the `config` options for `vaultcas` authorities:

- **tokenPath**: [authType=`kubernetes`] the path to a token used to authenticate (default to the service account token path in a k8s pod)

Finally, remove the `"root"`, `"key"`, and `"crt"` values from your `$(step path)/config/ca.json`, and the associated files. These are generated by `step ca init` but are not used by RA servers.

Run:

```
cat <<< $(jq 'del(.key, .crt, .root)' `step path`/config/ca.json) > $(step path)/config/ca.json
rm $(step path)/certs/root_ca.crt $(step path)/certs/intermediate_ca.crt $(step path)/secrets/intermediate_ca_key
```

Your RA server will read your root from Vault when it starts up.

#### 6. Start your RA server

```bash
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