Everything you need to know to get started using Kubernetes (k8s) secrets to pass sensitive information into your application containers!

I cover what they are, how to create them, how to consume them, and some potential "gotchas".

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I created this quick video because I joined @eddiejaoude for a live stream (   • Deploy Docker to Kubernetes on Digita...  ) and we needed to pass a secret token to the discord bot we were deploying!

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - What are kubernetes secrets
00:46 - Types of kubernetes secrets
01:08 - Creating secret with yaml manifest
01:37 - Base64 encoding
02:07 - Kubectl create secret
02:46 - Consuming Secrets
02:54 - Environment variable
03:36 - Mounted volume
04:21 - Potential gotchas
05:10 - Suggested follow up

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