Creating a Secret

Scenario

Notes and Constraints

Creating a Key Pair using the Console

1. Log in to the CCE console and click the cluster name to access the cluster console.
2. Choose ConfigMaps and Secrets in the navigation pane, click the Secrets tab, and click Create Secret in the upper right corner.
3. Configure parameters.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating a secret

   Parameter	Description
   Name	Name of the secret you create, which must be unique.
   Namespace	Namespace to which the secret belongs. If you do not specify this parameter, the value default is used by default.
   Description	Description of a secret.
   Secret Type	Type of the secret you create. Opaque: common secret. kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson: a secret that stores the authentication information required for pulling images from a private repository. kubernetes.io/tls: Kubernetes TLS secret, which is used to store the certificate required by layer-7 load balancing Services. For details about examples of the kubernetes.io/tls secret and its description, see TLS secrets. IngressTLS: TLS secret provided by CCE to store the certificate required by layer-7 load balancing Services. Other: another type of secret, which is specified manually.
   Data	Workload secret data can be used in containers. If Secret Type is set to Opaque, click Add. In the window that slides out from the right, enter a key-value pair and select Auto Base64 Encoding. Key: Enter 1 to 63 characters. Only digits, letters, periods (.), hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed. The key cannot start with two periods (..). If Secret Type is set to kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson, click Add and enter the account and password for logging in to the private image repository. If Secret Type is kubernetes.io/tls or IngressTLS, upload the certificate file and private key file. NOTE: A certificate is a self-signed or CA-signed credential used for identity authentication. A certificate request is a request for a signature with a private key.
   Secret Label	Label of the secret. Click Add Label and enter key-value pairs. The key and value must contain 1 to 63 characters that start and end with a letter or digit. Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.) are allowed.

4. Click OK.

   The new secret is displayed in the key list.

Creating a Secret Using kubectl

1. Use kubectl to access the cluster. For details, see Accessing a Cluster Using kubectl.
2. Encode the secret value using Base64.

   # echo -n "content-to-be-encoded" | base64
   ******
   
   

3. Create a file named cce-secret.yaml and edit it.

   vi cce-secret.yaml
   
   

   The following YAML file uses the Opaque type as an example. For details about other types, see Secret Resource File Configuration Example.

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Secret
   metadata:
     name: mysecret
   type: Opaque
   data:
     <your_key>: <your_value>  # Enter a key-value pair. The value must be encoded using Base64.
   
   

4. Create a secret.

   kubectl create -f cce-secret.yaml
   
   

   You can query the secret after creation.

   kubectl get secret -n default
   
   

Secret Resource File Configuration Example

• Opaque type

  The secret.yaml file is defined as shown below. The data field is filled in as a key-value pair, and the value field must be encoded using Base64. For details, see Base64 Encoding.

  apiVersion: v1
  kind: Secret
  metadata:
    name: mysecret           #Secret name
    namespace: default       #Namespace. The default value is default.
  data:
    <your_key>: <your_value>  # Enter a key-value pair. The value must be encoded using Base64.
  type: Opaque
  
  

• kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson type

  The secret.yaml file is defined as shown below. The value of .dockerconfigjson must be encoded using Base64. For details, see Base64 Encoding.

  apiVersion: v1
  kind: Secret
  metadata:
    name: mysecret           #Secret name
    namespace: default       #Namespace. The default value is default.
  data:
    .dockerconfigjson: eyJh*****    # Content encoded using Base64.
  type: kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
  
  

  To obtain the .dockerconfigjson content, take the following steps:

  1. Obtain the following login information of the image repository.
     • Image repository address: The section uses address as an example. Replace it with the actual address.
     • Username: The section uses username as an example. Replace it with the actual username.
     • Password: The section uses password as an example. Replace it with the actual password.
  2. Use Base64 to encode the key-value pair username:password and fill the encoded content in 3.

     echo -n "username:password" | base64
     
     

     Command output:

     dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=
     
     

  3. Use Base64 to encode the following JSON content:

     echo -n '{"auths":{"address":{"username":"username","password":"password","auth":"dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ="}}}' | base64
     
     

     Command output:

     eyJhdXRocyI6eyJhZGRyZXNzIjp7InVzZXJuYW1lIjoidXNlcm5hbWUiLCJwYXNzd29yZCI6InBhc3N3b3JkIiwiYXV0aCI6ImRYTmxjbTVoYldVNmNHRnpjM2R2Y21RPSJ9fX0=
     
     

     The encoded content is the .dockerconfigjson content.

• kubernetes.io/tls type

  The value of tls.crt and tls.key must be encoded using Base64. For details, see Base64 Encoding.

  kind: Secret
  apiVersion: v1
  metadata:
    name: mysecret           #Secret name
    namespace: default       #Namespace. The default value is default.
  data:
    tls.crt: LS0tLS1CRU*****FURS0tLS0t  # Certificate content, which must be encoded using Base64.
    tls.key: LS0tLS1CRU*****VZLS0tLS0=  # Private key content, which must be encoded using Base64.
  type: kubernetes.io/tls
  
  

• IngressTLS type

  The value of tls.crt and tls.key must be encoded using Base64. For details, see Base64 Encoding.

  kind: Secret
  apiVersion: v1
  metadata:
    name: mysecret           #Secret name
    namespace: default       #Namespace. The default value is default.
  data:
    tls.crt: LS0tLS1CRU*****FURS0tLS0t  # Certificate content, which must be encoded using Base64.
    tls.key: LS0tLS1CRU*****VZLS0tLS0=  # Private key content, which must be encoded using Base64.
  type: IngressTLS
  
  

Base64 Encoding

echo -n "Content to be encoded" | base64

Related Operations

After creating a secret, you can update or delete it as described in Table 2.