Managing sensitive configurations and Secrets

Sealed Secrets solves the problem of I can manage all my Kubernetes config in Git, except Secrets. Sealed Secrets function as secure containers for your sensitive information. When you require a storage solution for secrets, such as passwords or keys, you place them in these specialized packages. Only the Sealed Secrets controller within Kubernetes can unlock and access the contents. This ensures the utmost security and protection for your valuable secrets. Created by Bitnami Labs and open sourced, they help you encrypt your Kubernetes Secrets into Sealed Secrets using asymmetric cryptography that only the Sealed Secrets controller running on the cluster can decrypt. This means you can store the Sealed Secrets in Git and use GitOps to set up everything, including Secrets.

Sealed Secrets comprises two components:

• A client-side utility called kubeseal helps us generate Sealed Secrets from standard Kubernetes Secret YAML
• A cluster...