kubectl create secret

CautionCreate secrets

kubectl create secret generic <name> --from-literal=key=value

Creates generic, TLS and registry secrets — the docker-registry type feeds imagePullSecrets.

Examples

kubectl create secret docker-registry regcred --docker-server=ghcr.io --docker-username=u --docker-password=$TOKENRegistry pull credentials

Syntax

kubectl create secret generic|tls|docker-registry <name> --from-literal|--from-file|--cert/--key

Before you run it

Keep secrets out of shell history.

Related commands

kubectl get secretInspect Secrets
docker loginRegistry login

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