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Kubernetes Secrets

Official docs outline

7 sections
  1. Secrets Concepts

    Secret types, usage in Pods and base64 encoding caveat.

  2. Good Practices for Secrets

    RBAC, short-lived secrets and external secret stores.

  3. Encrypting Data at Rest

    EncryptionConfiguration for Secrets in etcd.

  4. KMS Provider

    Envelope encryption using an external KMS.

  5. Distribute Credentials Securely

    Injecting credentials as volumes or environment variables.

  6. Managing Secrets with kubectl

    Creating and editing Secrets.

  7. Projected Volumes

    Projected service account tokens and secrets.

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