Kubernetes secret types

Question

Where are documented the "types" of secrets that you can create in kubernetes?

looking at different samples I have found "generic" and "docker-registry" but I have no been able to find a pointer to documentation where the different type of secrets are documented.

I always end in the k8s doc: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/distribute-credentials-secure/

Thank you.

Answer 1

Here is a list of 'types' from the source code:

SecretTypeOpaque SecretType = "Opaque" [...] SecretTypeServiceAccountToken SecretType = "kubernetes.io/service-account-token" [...] SecretTypeDockercfg SecretType = "kubernetes.io/dockercfg" [...] SecretTypeDockerConfigJson SecretType = "kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson" [...] SecretTypeBasicAuth SecretType = "kubernetes.io/basic-auth" [...] SecretTypeSSHAuth SecretType = "kubernetes.io/ssh-auth" [...] SecretTypeTLS SecretType = "kubernetes.io/tls" [...] SecretTypeBootstrapToken SecretType = "bootstrap.kubernetes.io/token" 

Answer 2

In the kubectl docs you can see some of the available types. Also, in the command line

$ kubectl create secret --help Create a secret using specified subcommand.  Available Commands:   docker-registry Create a secret for use with a Docker registry   generic         Create a secret from a local file, directory or literal value   tls             Create a TLS secret  Usage:   kubectl create secret [flags] [options]  Use "kubectl <command> --help" for more information about a given command. Use "kubectl options" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).