Are You Doing Kubernetes Secrets Wrong? Here’s How the Pros Handle It
· 9 min read
Managing secrets in Kubernetes is hard.
You either...
- Hard code secrets insecurely
- Add a manual process, whether that's scripting or running commands one at a time
- Deploy and maintain a secret management service(s)
Updating services and rotating secrets now takes an eternity just to do something that should take 5 minutes.
We’re going to take you from a hard-coder to a pro coder in no time.
If you want to handle secrets in Kubernetes like a pro, follow along.
First, we’re going to start with the hard, painful way. Then, we’ll bring it up a notch with some automation. Finally, we'll handle it like a pro with a full GitOps-driven approach.