base64 --decode

/usr/bin/base64

echo "yourbase64token" | base64 --decode

Examples

• kubectl get secret mykubedashboard-kubernetes-dashboard-token-8wfsh -o jsonpath="{.data.token}" | base64 --decode; echo

• kubectl get secret --namespace default grafana -o jsonpath="{.data.admin-password}" | base64 --decode; echo

• kubectl -n default get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d

• echo "$MYGOOGLE_SA_KEY" | base64 --decode > mykey.json && gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file mykey.json

Keycloak:

• kubectl get secret keycloak-secret -o jsonpath='{.data.admin-user}' | base64 -d
• kubectl get secret keycloak-secret -o jsonpath='{.data.admin-password}' | base64 -d

One liner using yq

• kubectl get secret keycloak-secret -o json | yq '.data | map_values(. | @base64d)'

base64 inputfile.txt >> output.txt

echo "YWRtaW4=" | base64 -d
admin

Related

• kubectl -n kube-system describe secret
• JWT
• /token
• Kubernetes secrets

See also

• base64, base64 --decode, Serialized
• Kubernetes secrets: types, kubectl [ get | create | describe | delete | secret ] secrets, secret.yml, kind: Secret, secretKeyRef, default-token, imagePullSecrets:, kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson, External Secrets Operator ( kind: ExternalSecret), Kubeseal