Kubernetes secrets

Examples

• kubectl create secret, kubectl get secrets, kubectl describe secrets/MY_SECRET_NAME
  • Kustomization
• kubectl apply secret.yml
• kubectl describe secrets/MY_SECRET_NAME

• kubectl create secret
• kubectl get secret
• kubectl get secrets
• kubectl describe secrets/MY_SECRET_NAME
• kubectl apply -f ./secret.yml
• kubectl apply -k
• kubectl edit secrets
• kubectl describe secret -n kubernetes-dashboard

Related terms

• CKA v1.23: Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications
• CKA v1.18: Security persistent key value store
• CKA v1.15: Create & consume Secrets
• ConfigMaps
• Secret not found

News

• Aug 2020 Kubernetes v1.19 Immutable Secrets and ConfigMaps https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1412

See also

• Kubernetes secrets: kubectl [ get | create | describe | delete | secret ] secrets, secret.yml, kind: Secret, secretKeyRef, default-token, imagePullSecrets:, kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
• Secrets: Kubernetes secrets, ansible-vault, Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, git-crypt, SOPS: Secrets OPerationS, Google Cloud Secret Manager, GitHub secret scanning alerts