Fetch public certificate sealed-secrets
Save the sealing certificate for offline encryption
kubeseal --fetch-cert --controller-name=sealed-secrets --controller-namespace=kube-system > pub.pem
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Seal offline with cert
kubeseal --cert pub.pem --format yaml < secret.yaml > sealed.yaml
Check sealed-secrets controller logs
kubectl logs -n kube-system -l app.kubernetes.io/name=sealed-secrets -f
List all SealedSecrets
kubectl get sealedsecrets -A
Re-seal with new key
kubectl get secret mysecret -o yaml | kubeseal --format yaml > sealed-new.yaml
Seal a secret
kubectl create secret generic mysecret --dry-run=client -n <ns> --from-literal=key=value -o yaml | kubeseal -o yaml > sealed.yaml