This plugin allows for easy secret decoding. Useful if you want to see what's inside of a secret without always go through the following:
kubectl get secret <secret> -o yaml- Copy base64 encoded secret
echo "b64string" | base64 -d
Instead you can now do:
# print secret keys
kubectl view-secret <secret>
# decode specific entry
kubectl view-secret <secret> <key>
# decode all contents
kubectl view-secret <secret> -a/--all
# print keys for secret in different namespace
kubectl view-secret <secret> -n/--namespace <ns>
# print keys for secret in different context
kubectl view-secret <secret> -c/--context <ctx>
# print keys for secret by providing kubeconfig
kubectl view-secret <secret> -k/--kubeconfig <cfg>
# suppress info output
kubectl view-secret <secret> -q/--quiet
This plugin is available through krew via:
kubectl krew install view-secretYou can find the latest binaries in the releases section.
To install it, place it somewhere in your $PATH for kubectl to pick it up.
Note: If you build from source or download the binary, you'll have to change the name of the binary to kubectl-view_secret (- to _ in view-secret)
due to the enforced naming convention for plugins by kubectl. More on this here.
Thanks to external contributions the plugin is available in the Arch user repository.
| Package | Contributor |
|---|---|
| bin | @jocelynthode |
| git | @aryklein |
You can install the latest version from Nixpkgs (24.11, unstable) or try it via a temporary nix-shell:
nix-shell -p kubectl-view-secret
# Clone this repository (or your fork)
git clone https://github.com/elsesiy/kubectl-view-secret
cd kubectl-view-secret
make
This repository is available under the MIT license.