Module kv_compare 

KV usage comparison across time periods.

⚠️ DEPRECATED: Use kv-analysis compare instead.

# Old (deprecated):
vault-audit kv-compare old_usage.csv new_usage.csv

# New (recommended):
vault-audit kv-analysis compare old_usage.csv new_usage.csv

See kv_analysis for the unified command.

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Compares KV secrets engine usage between two CSV exports to identify changes in access patterns over time.

Usage

# Generate two CSV files from different time periods
vault-audit kv-analyzer old-audit.log --output old-usage.csv
vault-audit kv-analyzer new-audit.log --output new-usage.csv

# Compare them
vault-audit kv-compare old-usage.csv new-usage.csv

Output

Displays comparison metrics by mount point:

• Change in total operations
• Change in unique secrets accessed
• Change in entity count
• Percentage changes

Helps identify:

• Growing or shrinking KV usage
• New secrets being accessed
• Secrets no longer used
• Changes in access patterns

Functions

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