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Kube Secrets Operator: Secrets Beheren in GitOps Omgevingen

kubernetes gitops
2025-11-06
By Thomas Kooi
Het Secrets Management Probleem in GitOps Werken met secrets in Kubernetes is altijd een uitdaging, maar in GitOps workflows wordt dit nog complexer. GitOps methodologieën zoals FluxCD vereisen dat alles version-controlled is en declaratief gedefinieerd wordt - maar hoe beheer je dan secrets zonder ze in plain text in Git te committen? Over het algemeen heb je een paar opties: SealedSecrets: Werkt, maar vereist handmatige encryptie per secret via kubeseal. Niet ideaal voor dynamische of gegenereerde secrets.
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