Sealed Secrets on Kubernetes - a quick intro

Sealed Secrets is a popular tool for managing secrets in Kubernetes clusters. It is a Kubernetes controller, which enables the encryption / decryption of Kubernetes Secrets, ConfigMaps, and other custom resources. Sealed Secrets uses asymmetric encryption (private / public key) to encrypt secrets in a way that only authorized parties can decrypt them. Install We need kubeseal which is the client CLI Install it from source or from your favourite package manager....

June 1, 2023 · 2 min · YS

Kubernetes Building Blocks

Kubernetes has multiple moving parts. Here is an short article aiming at mapping all this to create some clarity. Some Basic Vocabulary Nothing fancy but let’s get this out of the way. Nodes A node can be a physical machine or a virtual machine. Cluster A cluster is a group of nodes Container runtime Docker (or runC) Pod A pod is a group of containers - that together form a logical application....

October 15, 2021 · 3 min · YS