Add how to look up the secrets in both cases (#41)

* Add how to look up the secrets in both cases

* Update README.md

* lint
pull/43/head^2
Benjamin Baron 5 years ago committed by Rémy-Christophe Schermesser
parent 11e01e9190
commit 5ebea66c4d

@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ secret "mysecret" created
You can reference a secret from a pod, either per env variable or mounting a volume containing a secret.
## Reference the secret by mounting it as a volume
Here we mount the secret `mysecret` to the path `/etc/foo` inside the pod:
```yml
@ -45,6 +47,17 @@ spec:
secretName: mysecret
```
You can look up the secrets in the pod by connecting to the pod:
```sh
$ kubectl exec -ti redis-with-volume-secrets /bin/bash
root@redis-with-volume-secrets:/data# cd /etc/foo/
root@redis-with-volume-secrets:/etc/foo# ls
password username
```
## Reference the secret by using environmental variables
Here we bind the value `username` from the secret `mysecret` to the env variable `SECRET_USERNAME`,
`password` from the secret `mysecret` to the env variable `SECRET_PASSWORD`:
@ -70,6 +83,16 @@ spec:
key: password
```
You can look up the secrets in the pod by connecting to the pod:
```sh
$ kubectl exec -ti redis-with-env-secrets /bin/bash
root@redis-with-env-secrets:/data# echo $SECRET_USERNAME
admin
root@redis-with-env-secrets:/data# echo $SECRET_PASSWORD
1f2d1e2e67df
```
Careful, if you change a secret after starting the pods, it won't update the pods. So you need to restart them.
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