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Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide

Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide

By : Marc Boorshtein, Scott Surovich
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Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide

Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide

4.8 (13)
By: Marc Boorshtein, Scott Surovich

Overview of this book

Stay at the forefront of cloud-native technologies with the eagerly awaited Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide, Third Edition. Delve deep into Kubernetes and emerge with the latest insights to conquer today's dynamic enterprise challenges. This meticulously crafted edition equips you with the latest insights to skillfully navigate the twists and turns of ever-evolving cloud technology. Experience a more profound exploration of advanced Kubernetes deployments, revolutionary techniques, and expert strategies that redefine your cloud-native skill set. Discover cutting-edge topics reshaping the technological frontier like virtual clusters, container security, and secrets management. Gain an edge by mastering these critical aspects of Kubernetes and propelling your enterprise to new heights. Expertly harness Kubernetes' power for business-critical applications with insider techniques. Smoothly transition to microservices with Istio, excel at modern deployments with GitOps/CI/CD, and bolster security with OPA/Gatekeeper and KubeArmor. Integrate Kubernetes with leading tools for maximum impact in a competitive landscape. Stay ahead of the technology curve with cutting-edge strategies for innovation and growth. Redefine cloud-native excellence with this definitive guide to leveraging Kubernetes.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Index

Integrating Secrets into Your Deployments

So far, this chapter has been focused on how to store and manage secret data. We’ve covered different strategies for managing secrets with their associated risks and benefits. In this section, the focus will be on consuming that secret data in your workloads.

There are four ways that a workload can consume secret data:

  • Volume Mounts – Similar to reading a file from a PersistentVolumeClaim, secrets can be mounted to a Pod and be accessed as a file. This approach can be used with both external secrets and with Secret objects. This is generally the preferred approach when working with security teams. If a Secret is updated while a Pod is running, the volume will eventually get updated, though this can take some time based on your Kubernetes distribution.
  • Environment Variables – Secret data can be injected into environment variables and consumed from the workload like any other environment variable. This is often referred to...

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