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". --- I created this quick video because I joined @eddiejaoude for a live stream ( and we needed to pass a secret token to the discord bot we were deploying! --- Join the Community: 💬 Discord: 💻 GitHub: 🐥 Twitter: 👨‍💼 LinkedIn: 🌐 Website: --- 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 --- Community size at time of posting: - Subscribers: 9541 - Channel Views: 224142