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- Authentication is done using the Hashicorp Vault's token
  authentication method;
- If additional client authentication is required, then the
  path to the CA authentication bundle file may be passed
  as a plugin parameter;
- The creation of the keys and their management is carried
  out using the Hashicorp Vault KMS and their tools;
- Key values stored as hexadecimal strings;
- Key values caching is supported.
- Implemented a time-invalidated cache for key values and
  for key version numbers received from the Hashicorp Valult
  server;
- The plugin uses libcurl (https) as an interface to
  the HashiCorp Vault server;
- JSON parsing is performed through the JSON service
  (through the include/mysql/service_json.h);
- HashiCorp Vault 1.2.4 was used for development and testing.