ClusterSecret

Introduce Kubernetes ClusterSecret

Global inter-namespace cluster secrets - Secrets that work across namespaces - Clusterwide secrets

ClusterSecret operator makes sure all the matching namespaces have the secret available. New namespaces, if they match the pattern, will also have the secret. Any change on the ClusterSecret will update all related secrets. Deleting the ClusterSecret deletes "child" secrets (all cloned secrets) too.

Here is how it looks like:

Kind: ClusterSecret
apiVersion: clustersecret.io/v1
metadata:
  namespace: clustersecret
  name: default-wildcard-certifiate
matchNamespace:
  - prefix_ns-*
  - anothernamespace
avoidNamespaces:
  - supersecret-ns
data:
  tls.crt: BASE64
  tls.key: BASE64

Use cases.

Use it for certificates, registry pulling credentials and so on.

when you need a secret in more than one namespace. you have to:

1- Get the secret from the origin namespace. 2- Edit the the secret with the new namespace. 3- Re-create the new secret in the new namespace.

This could be done with one command:

kubectl get secret <secret-name> -n <source-namespace> -o yaml \
| sed s/"namespace: <source-namespace>"/"namespace: <destination-namespace>"/\
| kubectl apply -n <destination-namespace> -f -

Clustersecrets automates this. It keep track of any modification in your secret and it will also react to new namespaces.

installation

tl;dr

kubectl apply -f ./yaml

step by step

To instal ClusterSecret operator we need to create (in this order):

RBAC resources (avoid if you are not running RBAC) to allow the operator to create/update/patch secrets: yaml/00_
Custom resource definition for the ClusterSecret resource: yaml/01_crd.yaml
The ClusterSecret operator itself: yaml/02_deployment.yaml

quick start:

create a ClusterSecret object yaml like the one above, or in the example in yaml/Object_example/obj.yaml and apply it in your cluster kubectl apply -f yaml/Object_example/obj.yaml

The ClusterSecret operator will pick it up and will create the secret in every matching namespace: match matchNamespace but not matching avoidNamespaces RegExp's.

You can specify multiple matching or non-matching RegExp. By default it will match all, same as defining matchNamespace = *

Get the clustersecrets

$> kubectl get csec -n clustersecret
NAME            TYPE
global-secret

Minimal example

apiVersion: clustersecret.io/v1
kind: ClusterSecret
metadata:
  name: global-secret
  namespace: my-fav-namespce
data:
  username: MTIzNDU2Cg==
  password: Nzg5MTAxMTIxMgo=

Debugging.

NOTE: in debug mode object data (the secret) are sent to stdout, potentially logs are being collected by Loki / Elasticsearch or any log management platform -> Not for production!.

Overwirte deployment entrypoint (Kubernetes command) from kopf run /src/handlers.py to kopf run /src/handlers.py --verbose

Dev: Run it in your terminal.

For development you dont want to build/push/recreate pod every time. Instead we can run the operator locally:

Once you have the config in place (kubeconfig) you can just install the requirementes (pip install /base-image/requirements.txt) and then run the operator from your machine (usefull for debbuging.)

kopf run ./src/handlers.py --verbose

Make sure to have the proper RBAC in place (k apply -f yaml/00_rbac.yaml) and also the CRD definition (k apply -f yaml/01_crd.yaml)

Roadmap:

[] implement source to specify a source secret to sync instead of data field. (zakkg3#3)
set type of secret (ie tls)
[] set annotations and labels

to-do:

[] on_resume we have to refresh memory ("csec" touple). More info in docs/roadmap.md

Support

If you need support, start with the troubleshooting guide: Run it in debug mode. You can open issues and we will try to address them.

That said, if you have questions, or just want to establish contact, reach out to us one way or another. https://flag5.com

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