terraform-k8s VS kubernetes-external-secrets

Is anyone here using the Terraform Cloud Operator in production? If so, how are you managing workspace secrets?

So I’m using the terraform cloud operator for kubernetes (https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-k8s) to create workspaces from an EKS cluster. I’ve had to use a forked helm chart. However, the issue I have right now is that when I create a workspace via the CRD, it creates on Terraform cloud and then is just stuck. Doesn’t try to apply the module, plan, apply etc. The logs of the operator pod talks about not being able to find the workspace.

Did anyone try https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-k8s for applying GitOps principles to IaC?

In addition to creating Kubernetes clusters, there is also an increasing number of opportunities to use various Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform, with GitOps. As was already mentioned, PipeCD offers support for Terraform. Terraform's vendor, HashiCorp, now also offers an official Terraform Kubernetes operator. However, it needs access to HashiCorp's Terraform Cloud. Alternatively, there are also third-party operators that can function without Terraform Cloud, such as the one developed by Rancher. However, it is still in alpha stage.

Pretty neat. I really want to test it out, and see how it compares to https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-k8s and https://github.com/rancher/terraform-controller

$ 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

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

They probably should merge with https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secr...

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.

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 :)

Depending on what platform you are on, you could use the AWS SDK or a tool like external-secrets (for Kubernetes).

We don't keep anything sensitive inside of Helm charts. We use AWS Secrets Manager and external-secrets