ko
Build and deploy Go applications (by ko-build)
kubernetes-external-secrets
Integrate external secret management systems with Kubernetes (by external-secrets)
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| ko | kubernetes-external-secrets | |
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| 28 | 26 | |
| 7,234 | 2,584 | |
| 3.8% | - | |
| 9.0 | 7.7 | |
| 6 days ago | almost 2 years ago | |
| Go | JavaScript | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ko
Posts with mentions or reviews of ko.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-04.
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Distroless container images with Apko from Chainguard
Apko leverages the APK package format from Alpine and draws inspiration from ko, a fast container image builder for Go applications.
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What is the most common approach to configure a backend app?
- There're many resources available about containerizing an application, but I suggest you buildpacks or ko, which doesn't require writing a Dockerfile
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Tool to build Docker images
ko
- how to create container for Kubernetes?
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Golang Backend in Production
You don't need to write and manage Dockerfiles. Simply just use ko: https://github.com/google/ko (You also don't need Docker Engine)
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How to containerize your Go app in 10 minutes!
Or don't write a Dockerfile at all, and use ko: https://github.com/google/ko
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Containerd... Do I use Docker to build the container image? I miss the Docker Shim
Here is link number 1 - Previous text "ko"
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HOWTO: Generate Go based multiarch images the easy way
It depends on your use case, but have you ever tried google/ko?
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`COPY --chmod` reduced the size of my container image by 35%
If you're using Go, I recommend https://github.com/google/ko (shameless plug), or for Java, use Jib.
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`COPY –chmod` reduced the size of my container image by 35%
I would recommend Google Ko if you are packaging Go apps: https://github.com/google/ko
kubernetes-external-secrets
Posts with mentions or reviews of kubernetes-external-secrets.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-13.
- aws secrets with eks ,Teffarorm & helm
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Securing Kubernetes Secrets with HashiCorp Vault
$ helm repo add external-secrets https://external-secrets.github.io/kubernetes-external-secrets/ "external-secrets" has been added to your repositories $ helm install k8s-external-secrets external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets -f values.yaml NAME: k8s-external-secrets LAST DEPLOYED: Wed Mar 23 22:50:35 2022 NAMESPACE: default STATUS: deployed REVISION: 1 TEST SUITE: None NOTES: The kubernetes external secrets has been installed. Check its status by running: $ kubectl --namespace default get pods -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=kubernetes-external-secrets,app.kubernetes.io/instance=k8s-external-secrets" Visit https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets for instructions on how to use kubernetes external secrets
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SimpleSecrets: A self-hosted K8S Secrets Manager Operator
I’m reading above that you weren’t aware of sealed-secrets. So I guess that you are not familiar with ExternalSecrets secrets neither. Very solid project
- Managing json config files for apps deployed to k8s at scale
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1Password Has Raised $620M
They probably should merge with https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secr...
- Recommended way of securing AWS secret key and id in K8s secrets for pulling images from AWS ECR
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Do you have a TODO checklist when creating clusters from scratch?
I do not recommend vault if you are not experienced. It is a heavy infra to manage. I suggest looking into https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets and selecting the tool offered by your cloud providers.
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Secrets usage
This is where things like the vault agent sidecar or projects like external secrets come in and allow you to inject / sync your secrets backend and your Kubernetes workloads :)
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Cloud password managements
Depending on what platform you are on, you could use the AWS SDK or a tool like external-secrets (for Kubernetes).
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Kuberentes CI/CD
We don't keep anything sensitive inside of Helm charts. We use AWS Secrets Manager and external-secrets
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ko and kubernetes-external-secrets you can also consider the following projects:
kaniko - Build Container Images In Kubernetes
argocd-vault-plugin - An Argo CD plugin to retrieve secrets from Secret Management tools and inject them into Kubernetes secrets
Pomerium - Pomerium is an identity and context-aware reverse proxy for zero-trust access to web applications and services.
sealed-secrets - A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
golang-sample-app - Example application with Golang and Docker
vault-secrets-operator - Create Kubernetes secrets from Vault for a secure GitOps based workflow.
Packer - Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
Bitwarden - The core infrastructure backend (API, database, Docker, etc).
Dockerfile-Generator - dfg - Generates dockerfiles based on various input channels.
secrets-store-csi-driver - Secrets Store CSI driver for Kubernetes secrets - Integrates secrets stores with Kubernetes via a CSI volume.
distroless - 🥑 Language focused docker images, minus the operating system.
Reloader - A Kubernetes controller to watch changes in ConfigMap and Secrets and do rolling upgrades on Pods with their associated Deployment, StatefulSet, DaemonSet and DeploymentConfig – [✩Star] if you're using it!
ko vs kaniko
kubernetes-external-secrets vs argocd-vault-plugin
ko vs Pomerium
kubernetes-external-secrets vs sealed-secrets
ko vs golang-sample-app
kubernetes-external-secrets vs vault-secrets-operator
ko vs Packer
kubernetes-external-secrets vs Bitwarden
ko vs Dockerfile-Generator
kubernetes-external-secrets vs secrets-store-csi-driver
ko vs distroless
kubernetes-external-secrets vs Reloader