How do you securely manage and inject Helm secrets in CI/CD?
Tests secret lifecycle trade-offs in GitOps. Strong answers compare SOPS-encrypted values in Git, direct Vault injection for dynamic secrets, and External Secrets Operator to decouple secrets from charts.
Tests whether you can architect secret workflows for Helm in CI/CD without exposing sensitive data in Git. A strong response contrasts three approaches: helm-secrets with SOPS to encrypt values files so they can be version-controlled with PGP or age keys; direct Vault injection for dynamic, short-lived credentials that never persist in cluster state; and External Secrets Operator to pull secrets from external stores into native Kubernetes Secrets, keeping Helm templates free of sensitive values.
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