Kubectl describe secret

Default namespace secrets:

kubectl describe secret
kubectl describe secrets
kubectl describe secret -A

kubectl describe secret YourSecretName
k describe secret -n amazon-cloudwatch amazon-cloudwatch-observability-controller-manager-service-cert

kubectl -n kube-system describe secret $(kubectl -n kube-system get secret | grep service-controller-token | awk '{print $1}')

kubectl get secret
NAME                  TYPE                                  DATA   AGE
default-token-4jn4b   kubernetes.io/service-account-token   3      25d

kubectl describe secrets -n kubernetes-dashboard

kubectl describe secret YourSecretName -n your-namespace
Name:         YourSecretName
Namespace:    your-namespace
Labels:       cert-manager.io/next-private-key=true
Annotations:  <none>

Type:  Opaque

Data
====
tls.key:  1704 bytes

Name:         your-helm-4
Namespace:    default
Labels:       controller.cert-manager.io/fao=true
Annotations:  cert-manager.io/alt-names: your.example.com
              cert-manager.io/certificate-name: your-helm-4
              cert-manager.io/common-name:
              cert-manager.io/ip-sans:
              cert-manager.io/uri-sans: 

Type:  kubernetes.io/tls 

Data
====
tls.crt:  944 bytes
tls.key:  1675 bytes

Related

• kubectl get secret
• kubectl get secrets -A
• Default namespace
• Base64

See also

• Kubernetes secrets: kubectl [ get | create | describe | delete | secret ] secrets, secret.yml, kind: Secret, secretKeyRef, default-token, imagePullSecrets:, kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson