GoDaddy’s Innovative Project to Secure and Rotate Kubernetes Secrets

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Kubernetes has a simple and flexible mechanism to store and retrieve sensitive data through the concept of secrets. Access to secrets can be restricted to authorized users and applications through Kubernetes role-based access control (RBAC).

The Kubernetes External Secrets project initially focused on enabling EKS clusters to synchronize Kubernetes secrets with AWS Secrets Manager.

But soon, the scope of the Kubernetes External Secrets project has been expanded to support non-EKS clusters and Kubernetes clusters running outside of AWS.

In the next article, I will walk you through the steps of configuring and deploying Kubernetes External Secrets backed by AWS Secrets Manager.

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