Boundary Enterprise IBM HashiCorp

This class is intended for the following participants:

- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)

- DevOps Engineers

- Platform Engineers

- Cloud Engineers and Cloud Architects

- Systems Administrators

- Infrastructure Engineers

- Security Engineers

After completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• Design, deploy, and operate HashiCorp Boundary Enterprise using proven enterprise architecture patterns and best practices.
• Configure secure access through authentication, identity provider integration, scopes, projects, and role-based access controls (RBAC).
• Manage targets, host catalogs, credentials, and connection workflows to deliver secure infrastructure access.
• Implement advanced security capabilities, including credential injection, credential brokering, dynamic secrets with Vault, and session monitoring.
• Monitor, scale, automate, and troubleshoot Boundary deployments to meet enterprise security, availability, and compliance requirements.

​Day 1: Foundations

• Boundary introduction, architecture, and core concepts
• Zero Trust security model and identity-based access
• Scopes, projects, roles, and access management
• Connection workflows (UI, CLI, API)
• Identity provider (IdP) integration
• Host discovery and resource management labs 

Day 2: Deployment & Administration

• Deploying and configuring Boundary Enterprise
• Platform architecture, HA, and disaster recovery
• Authentication, RBAC, users, groups, and projects
• Managing targets, host catalogs, and host sets
• Platform operations, monitoring, and observability
• Session recording and lifecycle management

Day 3: Advanced Operations & Enterprise Features

• Credential management and credential brokering
• Credential injection and secretless access
• Vault integration for dynamic secrets
• Client agents and advanced connectivity workflows
• Multi-hop and transparent sessions
• Security hardening, compliance, and enterprise automation with Terraform

Recommended Prerequisites

• Basic experience using a command-line interface (CLI) in Linux, macOS, or Windows.
• Foundational understanding of cloud and infrastructure concepts, including servers, networking, and environments.
• Familiarity with identity and access management concepts such as users, groups, authentication, and authorization.
• Basic knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Understanding of security concepts such as least privilege and Zero Trust principles.

Nice-to-Have 

• Experience with HashiCorp Vault.
• Experience administering cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with RBAC, IAM, or PAM solutions.
• Experience with DevOps, platform engineering, or security operations practices.

• None

• None recommended

• Official course book provided to participants