What does the Access stage primarily involve in relation to client identity?

The Access stage primarily involves granting access based on associated policies, which is a fundamental aspect of how HashiCorp Vault operates in managing client identities and permissions. When a client is authenticated, Vault assesses the entity's identity and the policies associated with it to determine what actions and resources the client can access. This policy-driven access control is essential for maintaining security and ensuring that clients can only interact with the systems and data they are authorized to use.

The processes of revoking expired tokens, resetting client passwords, and logging actions, while important aspects of overall security and management, do not directly pertain to the core function of managing client identity access at this stage. Instead, they focus on ancillary administrative tasks that support the security framework but are not the primary function of the Access stage itself.