Kubernetes Secrets Operations

Internal

• Kubernetes Operations
• Cluster Configuration Concepts

Inspecting Secrets

kubectl get secrets

kubectl describe secret username-and-password

Create a Secret

With kubectl CLI

Creating a Secret Using kubectl create secret

Declare the secret content in one (or more) file(s) on the local filesystem. When the secret is exposed to a pod, the content will be available as volume files with the same name.

echo -n "test-user" > ./username.txt
echo -p "test-password" > ./password.txt

kubectl create secret generic username-and-password --from-file=./username.txt --from-file=./password.txt

Special Character Handling

Special characters such as '$', '*' and '!' require escaping (\).