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Island 4 · App Lifecycle · Port 4.6

Secrets

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Your password is in a Secret. Decode it in one command.
You'll learn to

create and use a Secret; base64 ≠ encryption

Recap

  1. 1Values under data are base64
  2. 2Use them like ConfigMaps (env, envFrom, volume)
  3. 3base64 is NOT encryption: protect with RBAC
Check yourself

A Secret's value is base64 encoded. Is it encrypted?

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