Creating Secrets in Kubernetes - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to create a generic secret named mysecret with a literal key-value pair.

Kubernetes

kubectl create secret generic mysecret --from-literal=[1]

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Afile=secret.txt

Bpassword

Cusername=admin

Dtype=opaque

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Common Mistakes

Providing only a key without a value.

Using a file name instead of a key=value pair.

The --from-literal option requires a key=value pair, such as username=admin.

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medium

Complete the command to create a secret from a file named config.json.

Kubernetes

kubectl create secret generic config-secret --from-file=[1]

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Aconfig.yaml

Bconfig.json

Csecret.txt

Ddata.txt

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Common Mistakes

Using a file name that does not exist.

Confusing file extensions.

The --from-file option expects the exact file name to include in the secret.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to create a secret named db-secret with a literal password.

Kubernetes

kubectl create secret generic db-secret --from-literal=[1]

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Apassword=12345

Bpassword

C12345

Dpass=12345

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Providing only the key or only the value.

Using an incorrect key name.

The --from-literal option requires a key=value format, so password=12345 is correct.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a secret named api-secret from a file and specify the secret type as kubernetes.io/basic-auth.

Kubernetes

kubectl create secret generic api-secret --from-file=[1] --type=[2]

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Aauth.txt

Bopaque

Ckubernetes.io/basic-auth

Dconfig.json

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Common Mistakes

Using the wrong file name.

Setting the secret type incorrectly.

The file auth.txt is used with --from-file, and the secret type is set with --type=kubernetes.io/basic-auth.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a secret named token-secret from a literal token, specify the namespace dev, and set the secret type to Opaque.

Kubernetes

kubectl create secret generic token-secret --from-literal=[1] --namespace=[2] --type=[3]

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Atoken=abc123

Bdev

COpaque

Ddefault

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Omitting the namespace option.

Using the wrong secret type.

Providing only the token value without a key.

The literal token is token=abc123, the namespace is dev, and the secret type is Opaque.