Set_KubernetesSecrets.md

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud account.

ibmcloud login -a cloud.ibm.com -r jp-tok -g Default

2. Set the Kubernetes context to your cluster for this terminal session.

ibmcloud ks cluster config --cluster <clusterID>

3. Verify that you can connect to your cluster.

kubectl config current-context

4. create Secret using kubectl command

kubectl.exe create secret --help

Example: Create a folder by name couchdb and create files within it for each of the secrets:

$ mkdir couchdb
$ cd couchdb
$ echo "xxxxxxxxxx-bluemix.cloudantnosqldb.appdomain.cloud" >> couchDbHost
$ echo "apikey-v2-yyyyyy" >> couchDbAdminUsername
$ echo "zzzzzzz" >> couchDbAdminPassword
$ echo "IBM_CLOUDANT" >> couchDbProvider

Use kubectl create secret to create the Kubernete secrets

$ cd ..
$ kubectl create secret generic couchdb-secret --from-file=./couchdb