Mastering Vault Integration with Kubernetes: Secure Secrets Management Made Easy

Introduction Did you know that 60% of security breaches are caused by mismanaged secrets? HashiCorp Vault provides a solution. Managing secrets in Kubernetes can be a challenging, especially when it comes to ensuring that sensitive information is stored securely and accessed only by authorized users. One popular solution for managing secrets in Kubernetes is HashiCorp Vault, which provides a secure way to store and access secrets. In this blog post, we will explore how to integrate HashiCorp Vault with Kubernetes, We will cover the following topics: ...

April 18, 2025 · 12 min · K8S team

Synchronizing Secrets Across Kubernetes Clusters with External Secrets Operator

Introduction External Secrets Operator (ESO) is a Kubernetes operator that allows you to use external secret management systems, such as AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, and Azure Key Vault, to manage secrets in your Kubernetes cluster. It provides a way to synchronize secrets from these external systems into Kubernetes secrets, making it easier to manage and use secrets in your applications. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to use the External Secrets Operator to synchronize secrets from one Kubernetes cluster (Cluster 1(Upstream Cluster)) to another (Cluster 2,(Downstream Cluster/s)). This is particularly useful when you want to share secrets between different clusters or environments. ...

April 15, 2025 · 6 min · K8S team