# Does keyring vault need an enterprise hashicorp license? does it use kmip?

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 8.0\
**Created:** [October 12, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/does-keyring-vault-need-an-enterprise-hashicorp-license-does-it-use-kmip/25877 "2023-10-12T23:56:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![ipcmlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ipcmlr](https://forums.percona.com/u/ipcmlr)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/does-keyring-vault-need-an-enterprise-hashicorp-license-does-it-use-kmip/25877/1 "2023-10-12T23:56:18Z")

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Just wanted to know if keyring vault need an enterprise hashicorp license?  
I was assuming it needed the enterprise version of hashicorp with kmip but looking at this tutorial  
it looks like there is no kmip needed to set it up.

> **[Using the keyring\_vault Plugin with Percona Server for MySQL 5.7](https://www.percona.com/blog/using-the-keyring_vault-plugin-with-percona-server-for-mysql-5-7/)**
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> Using the keyring\_vault plugin with Percona Server for MySQL 5.7 to enhance database security.

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/does-keyring-vault-need-an-enterprise-hashicorp-license-does-it-use-kmip/25877/2 "2023-10-13T15:06:11Z")

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@ipcmlr Correct, no enterprise license is needed. The MySQL plugin works just fine with community Vault