From zero to hero with HashiCorp Boundary

Boundary is a tool by HashiCorp that simplifies and secures remote access to systems and applications, providing administrators with fine-grained access control without the need for complex network configurations or exposure of sensitive credentials. It streamlines the process of granting and revoking access, making it easier for organizations to protect their critical infrastructure. Boundary differs from traditional solutions like jump-boxes, bastion hosts, or VPNs because it does not require any ingress firewall (NAT) rules or a bastion host (which also exposes the destination host). Instead, it only needs egress access to an upstream worker. The post demonstrates how to set up Boundary from scratch and configure a complete remote access workflow that even someone with no prior knowledge of Boundary can use. The tutorial uses HCP Boundary in order to get up and running faster than the on-premises versions, using code from the hcp-boundary-demo GitHub repository to provision Boundary and some Microsoft Azure infrastructure for the demo using HashiCorp Terraform. The post also discusses how to create an HCP Boundary cluster, deploy the infrastructure with Terraform, install self-managed workers, configure ingress and egress workers, create a target configuration, use transparent sessions (private beta), connect to Boundary from an end-user's perspective, and learn more about Boundary.