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Kubernetes Secrets Handbook

You're reading from   Kubernetes Secrets Handbook Design, implement, and maintain production-grade Kubernetes Secrets management solutions

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Chen Xi is a highly skilled Uber Platform Engineer. As a Tech Leader, he contributed to the Secret and Key Management Platform service, leading and delivering secrets as a service with a 99.99% SLA for thousands of Uber container services across hybrid environments. His cloud infrastructure prowess is evident from his work on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and the integration of Spire-based PKI systems. Prior to joining Uber, he worked at VMware, where he developed microservices for VMware's Hybrid Kubernetes management platform (Tanzu Mission Control) and VMware Kubernetes Engine for multi-cloud (Cloud PKS). Chen is also a contributing author to the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam.
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Emmanouil Gkatziouras started his career in software as a Java developer. Since 2015, he has worked daily with cloud providers such as GCP, AWS and Azure, and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes. He has fulfilled many roles, either in lead positions or as an individual contributor. He enjoys being a versatile engineer and collaborating with development, platform, and architecture teams. He loves to give back to the developer community by contributing to open-source projects and by blogging on various software topics. He is committed to continuous learning and is a holder of certifications such as CKA, CCDAK, PSM, CKAD, and PSO. He is the author of ‘A Developer’s Essential Guide to Docker Compose'.
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Preface 1. Part 1:Introduction to Kubernetes Secrets Management FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Kubernetes Secrets Management 3. Chapter 2: Walking through Kubernetes Secrets Management Concepts 4. Chapter 3: Encrypting Secrets the Kubernetes-Native Way 5. Chapter 4: Debugging and Troubleshooting Kubernetes Secrets 6. Part 2: Advanced Topics – Kubernetes Secrets in a Production Environment
7. Chapter 5: Security, Auditing, and Compliance 8. Chapter 6: Disaster Recovery and Backups 9. Chapter 7: Challenges and Risks in Managing Secrets 10. Part 3: Kubernetes Secrets Providers
11. Chapter 8: Exploring Cloud Secret Store on AWS 12. Chapter 9: Exploring Cloud Secret Store on Azure 13. Chapter 10: Exploring Cloud Secret Store on GCP 14. Chapter 11: Exploring External Secret Stores 15. Chapter 12: Integrating with Secret Stores 16. Chapter 13: Case Studies and Real-World Examples 17. Chapter 14: Conclusion and the Future of Kubernetes Secrets Management 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Requirement for managing Secrets, including secure storage and access control

In terms of responsibilities, a Kubernetes cluster has a responsibility to securely contain Secrets and prevent unauthorized access. Every secret that is hosted on Kubernetes has been stored by an individual or an automated process. At some point in time, this secret that now resides on Kubernetes was in another system. This makes it important to store Secrets securely before they reach Kubernetes.

Secure storage

There are various tools dedicated to the purpose of secure storage. Take, for example, HashiCorp Vault, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Secret Manager, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Secrets Manager. These are external Secrets management solutions.

The benefit of those solutions is that they can be used as a standalone Secrets management system but can also be used directly from Kubernetes. It is feasible to use secure storage during development or even on CI/CD jobs.

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Chen Xi is a highly skilled Uber Platform Engineer. As a Tech Leader, he contributed to the Secret and Key Management Platform service, leading and delivering secrets as a service with a 99.99% SLA for thousands of Uber container services across hybrid environments. His cloud infrastructure prowess is evident from his work on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and the integration of Spire-based PKI systems. Prior to joining Uber, he worked at VMware, where he developed microservices for VMware's Hybrid Kubernetes management platform (Tanzu Mission Control) and VMware Kubernetes Engine for multi-cloud (Cloud PKS). Chen is also a contributing author to the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam.
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Rom Adams (né Romuald Vandepoel) is an open-source and C-Suite advisor with 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He is a cloud-native expert who helps organizations to modernize and transform with open-source solutions. He is advising companies and lawmakers on their open- and inner-source strategies. Previously, a Principal Architect at Ondat, a cloud-native storage company acquired by Akamai, where he designed products and hybrid cloud solutions and held roles at Tyco, NetApp, and Red Hat becoming a subject matter expert in hybrid cloud. He was moderator and speaker for several events, sharing his insights on culture, process, technology adoption, and passion about open innovation.
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