Challenge, Easy,  on  Kubernetes

Set and Use Secrets in a Kubernetes Deployment

Scenario

You are working with a Kubernetes Deployment in the orbit namespace.
An existing Deployment named config-deployment is already running.

Tasks

  1. Create a Secret named config-secret in the orbit namespace with:
    • username=appuser
    • password=apppass
  2. Expose the Secret values as environment variables in the Deployment:
    • CONFIG_SECRET_USERNAME
    • CONFIG_SECRET_PASSWORD
  3. Create another Secret from the YAML definition located at:
    /opt/course/extra-config-secret.yaml
  4. Mount this Secret as a volume inside the Deployment at:
    /tmp/extra-config
  5. Update the existing Deployment to use both Secrets.

🧪 Test Case:

Level up your Server Side game — Join 20,000 engineers who receive insightful learning materials straight to their inbox

How to Author Challenges on iximiuz Labs

Instead of providing a subpar online editing experience, iximiuz Labs offers a helper CLI tool called labctl, allowing you to use your favorite text editor (or a full-featured IDE) to write content from the comfort of your local machine.

Install labctl CLI

curl -sf https://labs.iximiuz.com/cli/install.sh | sh

This will download and install the latest version of the labctl CLI. You only need to do this once per workstation.

Authorize labctl

labctl auth login

This will open a browser window asking you to authorize labctl to access your account. You need to do it after a fresh install of labctl and repeat it whenever the auth session expires.

Pull challenge content

labctl content pull challenge Configure-Secrets-in-Deployment-0844dc2e

This will create a local copy of the challenge content in a directory named Configure-Secrets-in-Deployment-0844dc2e. You only need to do this once per challenge.

Stream your changes

labctl content push -fw challenge Configure-Secrets-in-Deployment-0844dc2e

Run this command in a separate terminal to continuously upload your changes to the server while editing the challenge in your favorite text editor or IDE.

You can also use labctl to create, list, and delete your content. Learn more about the available commands: labctl content --help

Start challenge