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Abhay Singh Kathayat @abhaysingh281

Kubernetes Secrets Vs ConfigMaps: Secure Configuration Management

Kubernetes provides ConfigMaps & Secrets to handle config & sensitive data separately. ConfigMaps store non-sensitive data as key-value pairs, while Secrets are encoded (base64) for storing sensitive info like passwords & API keys.

Kubernetes Secrets and ConfigMaps

In Kubernetes, managing configuration and sensitive data securely and effectively is essential for deploying applications. Kubernetes provides two critical objects, Secrets and ConfigMaps, to handle configuration data and sensitive information separately, allowing for better security, flexibility, and scalability. These two objects are often used together to separate configuration from the application code, enabling more efficient and secure management of environments.


  
  
  What are Kubernetes ConfigMaps?

ConfigMaps are used to store non-sensitive confi...