Manage Sensitive Config Data with Kubernetes Secrets

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Manage Sensitive Config Data with Kubernetes Secrets

Kubernetes Secrets are a great way to store sensitive configuration data without keeping it in plain text. This lab will provide some practice in working with Secrets and passing sensitive data to containers at runtime.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Retrieve the Old Database Password from the Existing Secret

The existing Secret db-pass is in the users namespace. Retrieve the password and save it in a file located at /home/cloud_user/dbpass.txt.
Challenge

Change the Secret To Use the New Password

Change the password stored in the db-pass Secret to the new password. The new password is TrustNo1.

You will need to re-create the Pod for the changes to take effect. The Pod is in the users namespace and is called users-api. You can find a manifest for this Pod in /home/cloud_user/users-api.yml.

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