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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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Table of Contents
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Challenge
Storing Secrets using ConfigMaps
- Store Secrets for access using ConfigMaps
- Confirm the values are stored and accessible
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Challenge
Creating a pod and it’s associated service account
- Create a read only serviceAccount that will be used to access the stored secrets.
- Add the service account to the pod that was created.
- Test that the access provided to the account works as intended.
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Challenge
Practicing secure data access
- Store base64 encoded DB secrets inside of a pod
- Use kubectl exec to retrieve the secrets
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