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Config, Secrets & Security for CKAD

In this lab you will learn how to store and access secrets in a Kubernetes environment using pods.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 21, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Storing Secrets using ConfigMaps

    1. Store Secrets for access using ConfigMaps
    2. Confirm the values are stored and accessible

  2. Challenge

    Creating a pod and it’s associated service account

    1. Create a read only serviceAccount that will be used to access the stored secrets.
    2. Add the service account to the pod that was created.
    3. Test that the access provided to the account works as intended.

  3. Challenge

    Practicing secure data access

    1. Store base64 encoded DB secrets inside of a pod
    2. Use kubectl exec to retrieve the secrets
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