A vault is technically a hidden place to keep precious items secure from intruders. AWS resources are also very important while working on a project and the user never wants to lose them. AWS offers the vault to keep resources secure with the help of a profile created on the vault.

This post will explain how to download AWS Vault.

How to Download AWS Vault?

Follow these simple steps to download AWS Vault.

Step 1: Open Terminal as Administrator
Search the Command Prompt from the panel and clicks on the “Run as administrator” button:

Step 2: Prerequisites
Make sure to have chocolatey installed on the system:

Running the above command will display the version of Chocolatey:

Also make sure to have AWS CLI on the system:

This command will show the installed version of the AWS CLI:

Step 3: Install AWS Vault
Install AWS Vault by executing this command:

Step 4: Verify AWS Vault
Type this command to validate that the AWS Vault has been installed successfully:

It can be observed that the AWS vault version “v6.6.0” has been installed on our system:

This is all about the downloading of the AWS vault.

Conclusion

To download the AWS vault on the system, open the Terminal as Administrator and make sure to have “Chocolatey” and “AWS CLI” installed. After that, execute the “choco install aws-vault” command to install the AWS vault on the system and at the end verify its installation. This guide has demonstrated the process of downloading the AWS Vault.