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External Secrets
Edka integrates with External Secrets Operator to securely manage and synchronize secrets from external secret management systems into your Kubernetes clusters.
Overview
Section titled “Overview”External Secrets Operator (ESO) is a Kubernetes operator that reads information from external secret management systems and automatically injects the values into your Kubernetes secrets.
Benefits:
- Centralized secret management: Single source of truth for secrets
- Automatic synchronization: Secrets stay in sync with external providers
- Security: Secrets never stored in Git
- Audit trail: Track secret access and changes
- Multi-tenancy: Namespace-level isolation
Supported Providers
Section titled “Supported Providers”Edka supports all providers compatible with External Secrets Operator:
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Azure Key Vault
- Google Secret Manager
- HashiCorp Vault
- Doppler
- 1Password
- Full List of Supported Providers External Secrets Operator Providers
Installation
Section titled “Installation”Via Edka Dashboard
Section titled “Via Edka Dashboard”- Open your cluster and go to the Add-ons tab
- Find External Secrets Operator
- Click Install
After the operator is installed, configure your provider by creating SecretStore/ClusterSecretStore and ExternalSecret resources (e.g. via the cluster Secrets tab or GitOps).