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deployment not picking up secret password

4/25/2019

I'm trying to add mysql root password as a secret to my kubernetes deployment and it doesn't seem to be picking it up. This is what I have

deployment:

   env:
    - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: mysql-root
          key: mysql-root-passwd

secret:

kubectl create secret generic mysql-root --from-literal=mysql-root-passwd=steve

but when I go into the pod the mysql root password for % and localhost is always the same:

*2470C0C06DEE42FD1618BB99005ADCA2EC9D1E19 which is 'password' in Base64 decode

What am I doing wrong? when I set the password in the deployment file it works just fine but I'd prefer not to have it there.

-- sgarre02

kubernetes

mysql

4/25/2019

I always create using the yml file with create -f command and it accepts base64 encoded string.

Please check using base64 of your password and get the secret as yaml.

-- Akash Sharma

Source: StackOverflow

4/25/2019

You could try

kubectl create secret generic mysql-root \
  --from-literal=mysql-root-passwd=steve --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -

as I don't think you can create when it already exists

-- KeepCalmAndCarryOn

Source: StackOverflow