Kubernetes with secrets alternative

Question

With a Kubernetes cluster in place, what would be the alternative way to send configurations/passwords into containers? I know about the secrets way but what I'm looking for is a centralised environment that has the password encrypted, not base64 encoded.

Answer 1

You should try Vault by HashiCorp.

The key features of Vault are:

• Secure Secret Storage
• Dynamic Secrets
• Data Encryption
• Leasing and Renewal
• Revocation

Here is an example of using Vault + Kubernetes