website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/secret.md

---
title: Secret
id: secret
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/concepts/configuration/secret/
short_description: >
  Stores sensitive information, such as passwords, OAuth tokens, and ssh keys.

aka: 
tags:
- core-object
- security
---
 Stores sensitive information, such as passwords, OAuth tokens, and ssh keys.

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Allows for more control over how sensitive information is used and reduces the risk of accidental exposure, including [encryption](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data/#ensure-all-secrets-are-encrypted) at rest.  A {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}} references the secret as a file in a volume mount or by the kubelet pulling images for a pod. Secrets are great for confidential data and [ConfigMaps](/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-pod-configmap/) for non-confidential data.
Convert site to Hugo (#8316) This commit converts content and layout to use Hugo. 2018-05-05 16:00:51 +00:00			`---`
			`title: Secret`
			`id: secret`
			`date: 2018-04-12`
			`full_link: /docs/concepts/configuration/secret/`
			`short_description: >`
			`Stores sensitive information, such as passwords, OAuth tokens, and ssh keys.`

			`aka:`
			`tags:`
			`- core-object`
			`- security`
			`---`
			`Stores sensitive information, such as passwords, OAuth tokens, and ssh keys.`

			`<!--more-->`

Fix relative links issue in English content (#13307) * `http://kubernetes.io/docs/` -> `/docs/` in content/en folder * `https://kubernetes.io/docs/` -> `/docs/` in content/en folder 2019-03-20 23:05:05 +00:00			Allows for more control over how sensitive information is used and reduces the risk of accidental exposure, including [encryption](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data/#ensure-all-secrets-are-encrypted) at rest. A {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}} references the secret as a file in a volume mount or by the kubelet pulling images for a pod. Secrets are great for confidential data and [ConfigMaps](/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-pod-configmap/) for non-confidential data.