create-k8s-secrets

https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/ -> use Creating a Secret Manually

Encode the values base64 / better use visual studio code plugin Encode Decode (Convert Section)

echo -n "admin" | base64

! in kubernetes the env variables are authomatically decoded !

create secret file in a folder without version control

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: mysecret
type: Opaque
data:
  username: YWRtaW4=
  password: MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm

encrypt the folder with gpg

install gpg tools: https://gpgtools.org/

https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/gpg_002dzip.html

create to following aliases in .zshrc:

alias lock-secret-files="cd ~/Desktop/ && gpg-zip -e -o secret-files -r [e-mail] secret && mv -f ~/Desktop/secret-files ~/Google\ Drive/backupx/ && rm -rf ~/Desktop/secret"

alias unlock-secret-files="cd ~/Desktop && gpg-zip -d ~/Google\ Drive/backupx/secret-files -r [e-mail]"

create secret in kubernetes (secrets muss be in the same namespace as the pod!)

kubectl create --namespace=default -f ./secret.yaml

in kubernetes