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* Add requested generated secret example

* Fix code block types

* Update website/content/docs/secrets/kv/kv-v1.mdx

Co-authored-by: Yoko Hyakuna <yoko@hashicorp.com>

* Update website/content/docs/secrets/kv/kv-v2.mdx

Co-authored-by: Yoko Hyakuna <yoko@hashicorp.com>

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Co-authored-by: Yoko Hyakuna <yoko@hashicorp.com>
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51 changes: 45 additions & 6 deletions website/content/docs/secrets/kv/kv-v1.mdx
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To enable a version 1 kv store:

```
vault secrets enable -version=1 kv
```shell-session
$ vault secrets enable -version=1 kv
```

## Usage
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1. Write arbitrary data:

```text
```shell-session
$ vault kv put kv/my-secret my-value=s3cr3t
Success! Data written to: kv/my-secret
```

1. Read arbitrary data:

```text
```shell-session
$ vault kv get kv/my-secret
Key Value
--- -----
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1. List the keys:

```text
```shell-session
$ vault kv list kv/
Keys
----
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1. Delete a key:

```
```shell-session
$ vault kv delete kv/my-secret
Success! Data deleted (if it existed) at: kv/my-secret
```

You can also use [Vault's password policy](/vault/docs/concepts/password-policies) feature to generate arbitrary values.

1. Write a password policy:

```shell-session
$ vault write sys/policies/password/example policy=-<<EOF
length=20
rule "charset" {
charset = "abcdefghij0123456789"
min-chars = 1
}
rule "charset" {
charset = "!@#$%^&*STUVWXYZ"
min-chars = 1
}
EOF
```

1. Write data using the `example` policy:

```shell-session
$ vault kv put kv/my-generated-secret \
password=$(vault read -field password sys/policies/password/example/generate)
```

1. Read the generated data:

```shell-session
$ vault kv get kv/my-generated-secret
====== Data ======
Key Value
--- -----
password ^dajd609Xf8Zhac$dW24
```

## TTLs

Unlike other secrets engines, the KV secrets engine does not enforce TTLs
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"version": "2"
}
}
```

```shell-session
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
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Writing and reading versions are prefixed with the `data/` path. This policy
that worked for the version 1 kv:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["create", "update", "read"]
}
```

Should be changed to:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/data/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["create", "update", "read"]
}
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There are different levels of data deletion for this backend. To grant a policy
the permissions to delete the latest version of a key:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/data/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["delete"]
}
```

To allow the policy to delete any version of a key:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/delete/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["update"]
}
```

To allow a policy to undelete data:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/undelete/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["update"]
}
```

To allow a policy to destroy versions:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/destroy/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["update"]
}
```

To allow a policy to list keys:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/metadata/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["list"]
}
```

To allow a policy to view metadata for each version:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/metadata/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["read"]
}
```

To allow a policy to permanently remove all versions and metadata for a key:

```
```plaintext
path "secret/metadata/dev/team-1/*" {
capabilities = ["delete"]
}
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1. Write another version, the previous version will still be accessible. The
`-cas` flag can optionally be passed to perform a check-and-set operation. If
not set the write will be allowed. In order for a write to be successful, `cas` must be set to
the current version of the secret. If set to 0 a write will only be allowed if
the key doesn’t exist as unset keys do not have any version information. Also
not set the write will be allowed. In order for a write to be successful, `cas` must be set to
the current version of the secret. If set to 0 a write will only be allowed if
the key doesn’t exist as unset keys do not have any version information. Also
remember that soft deletes do not remove any underlying version data from storage.
In order to write to a soft deleted key, the cas parameter must match the key's
In order to write to a soft deleted key, the cas parameter must match the key's
current version.

```shell-session
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bar b
```

You can also use [Vault's password policy](/vault/docs/concepts/password-policies) feature to generate arbitrary values.

1. Write a password policy:

```shell-session
$ vault write sys/policies/password/example policy=-<<EOF
length=20
rule "charset" {
charset = "abcdefghij0123456789"
min-chars = 1
}
rule "charset" {
charset = "!@#$%^&*STUVWXYZ"
min-chars = 1
}
EOF
```

1. Write data using the `example` policy:

```shell-session
$ vault kv put -mount=secret my-generated-secret \
password=$(vault read -field password sys/policies/password/example/generate)
```

**Example output:**

<CodeBlockConfig hideClipboard>

```plaintext
========= Secret Path =========
secret/data/my-generated-secret
======= Metadata =======
Key Value
--- -----
created_time 2023-05-10T14:32:32.37354939Z
custom_metadata <nil>
deletion_time n/a
destroyed false
version 1
```

</CodeBlockConfig>

1. Read the generated data:

```shell-session
$ vault kv get -mount=secret my-generated-secret
========= Secret Path =========
secret/data/my-generated-secret
======= Metadata =======
Key Value
--- -----
created_time 2023-05-10T14:32:32.37354939Z
custom_metadata <nil>
deletion_time n/a
destroyed false
version 1
====== Data ======
Key Value
--- -----
password !hh&be1e4j16dVc0ggae
```

### Deleting and Destroying Data

When deleting data the standard `vault kv delete` command will perform a
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```shell-session
$ vault kv metadata patch -mount=secret -custom-metadata=foo=def my-secret
Success! Data written to: secret/metadata/my-secret
```

```shell-session
$ vault kv get -mount=secret my-secret
====== Metadata ======
Key Value
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