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title: Charmhub | Deploy Vault using Charmhub - The Open Operator Collection
description: Deploy the latest version of Vault as a Kubernetes Operator on any cloud.
url: https://charmhub.io/vault-k8s/docs/h-unsealing
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# Vault

[Canonical Telco](https://charmhub.io/publisher/telco-charmers "View all packages from Canonical Telco")

* [Canonical Telco](https://charmhub.io/publisher/telco-charmers "View all packages from Canonical Telco")

Platform:

2.0/stable 590

```
juju deploy vault-k8s --channel 2.0/stable
```

[Learn to deploy on juju >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/manage-applications)

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#### Relevant links

* [Homepage](https://canonical-vault-charms.readthedocs-hosted.com/)

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#### Contacts

##### Maintainers

+ [Matrix Channel](https://matrix.to/#/!yAkGlrYcBFYzYRvOlQ:ubuntu.com?via=ubuntu.com&via=matrix.org&via=mozilla.org)

* [Submit a bug](https://github.com/canonical/vault-k8s-operator/issues)

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[Join the discussion](https://discourse.charmhub.io/)

# Unsealing

By default, Vault units are sealed upon Vault initialisation and every time units restart. Users have to manually unseal Vault units in order for them to become active. For more information about this topic, read the following documents:

* [The Vault seal/unseal concept](https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/concepts/seal)
* [How-to: Unseal a sealed unit](https://discourse.charmhub.io/t/13594)

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