need documentation on backup/restore operation of the vaults

[emrgcl]

Hi,

Awesome module! IT would be great to add the location of the vault file and how to backup and restore the vault.

Kind Regards, Emre

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks @emrgcl there is some information on the file path here: https://github.com/PowerShell/SecretStore/blob/master/Docs/ARCHITECTURE.md#files

[PaulHigin]

There is currently no way to securely and automatically backup and restore the store content, but it is something we can look at as a future enhancement.

For now you would have to write our own backup/restore using the SecretManagement 'Get-SecretInfo','Get-Secret' cmdlets, to loop through and obtain the secrets and then store in a secure location such as Azure KeyVault.

[belibug]

This is crucial requirement for multiple use cases

• Backup secrets (so its not lost when system is rebuilt)
• Move or clone secrets from one machine to another
• Migrate from SecretStore to AzureVault (or any other extension)

I have written a simple module to address these use cases. But would prefer if it gets implemented with official module. Also, I believe this should be SecretManagement module feature rather than SecretStore Extension.

Module Link : PSGallery - SecretBackup Source code for module here - Github - SecretBackup