How-to guide

Run a Vault locally (Docker)

Start a local Vault with sensible defaults and health checks.

This guide is informative and does not define conformance. Normative requirements live in the Cipherlot specifications.

Prerequisites

Docker 24+
Docker Compose plugin
Ports 8443 and 9443 available locally

Procedure

Download the compose file.

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/journalfoundation/vault-quickstart/main/docker-compose.yml

Start the stack.
```
docker compose up -d vault
```

Verify readiness.

curl -s https://localhost:8443/health | jq

Tail logs.
```
docker compose logs -f vault
```

Clean up

Stop the container when finished:

docker compose down

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