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Secrets management foundations

Beginner2 sections · 5 lessons · ~2h total · 12-question self-test

01

How secrets leak

3 lessonsTest yourself

01How secrets leakLogs, ps, crash dumps, child processes, repos.25 min 02Secrets in git historyFinding, purging, and why you rotate anyway.25 min 03Kubernetes secrets, honestlyBase64 is not encryption; etcd is the real story.25 min

02

Encrypting & choosing tools

2 lessonsTest yourself

01SOPS and sealed-secretsEncrypted values in git, for GitOps flows.30 min 02Choosing a secrets managerVault, cloud-native, or SOPS — a decision tree.20 min

Final exam

Test yourself on everything

12 questions drawn from all 2 sections — every answer explained as you pick.

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