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Kubernetes Secrets Management with Akeyless

Integrate Akeyless with Kubernetes using the Gateway, External Secrets Operator, and Secrets Injector

75 minutes
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Lab Overview

In this lab you will deploy an Akeyless Gateway on Kubernetes using Helm, configure Kubernetes-native authentication, install the External Secrets Operator to sync Akeyless secrets as native Kubernetes secrets, and use the Akeyless Secrets Injector to deliver secrets directly into pod environment variables at runtime. By the end of this lab you will have a complete Kubernetes secrets management pipeline backed by Akeyless.

What You'll Learn

Deploy the Akeyless Gateway on Kubernetes using Helm

Configure Kubernetes authentication method in Akeyless

Install and configure the External Secrets Operator

Sync Akeyless secrets to native Kubernetes secrets using ExternalSecret resources

Use the Akeyless Secrets Injector to deliver secrets into pod environment variables

Prerequisites

Akeyless account with API Key access credentials

Basic familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (pods, namespaces, secrets)

Completion of Akeyless 101 course modules 1-5

Technologies Covered

akeylesskubernetesexternal-secrets-operatorsecrets-injectorhelmk3s

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