Kubernetes

Create and use (generic) secrets

Create a secret:

kubectl create secret generic jwt-secret --from-literal=JWT_KEY=jwthash123

Value pair => "JWT_KEY":"jwthash123"

Assigning it to pod:

... as an env variable, but directly picked from kubectl secrets.

env:
    - name: JWT_KEY
    valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
            name: jwt-secret
            key: JWT_KEY

Forward a pod's port to your host machine

k port-forward <pod> <portHost>:<portPod>