vault-secrets-operator

Infra

Updated on July 27

Vault-Secrets-Operator Overview

Secure your stack with a hardened Vault-Secrets-Operator image freshly-built by Minimus. Minimus images always include the most up-to-date package version for all packages and dependencies contained in the image.

Vault-Secrets-Operator (VSO) is a Kubernetes controller that syncs secrets from HashiCorp Vault or HCP Vault Secrets directly into native Kubernetes Secret resources, letting pods consume them without a sidecar or CSI driver.

Try It Out

Prerequisites

A running Kubernetes cluster
Helm v3.8 or higher for OCI support (Installation instructions)
kubectl installed and configured

Step 1: Add Repository to your Local Client

Add the Helm chart to your local Helm client.

helm repo add hashicorp https://helm.releases.hashicorp.com
helm repo update

Step 2: Create a Local YAML File to Override Chart Defaults

Save the following to a values.yaml file in your project directory:

controller:
  manager:
    image:
      repository: "reg.mini.dev/vault-secrets-operator"
      tag: "latest"

Step 3: Deploy the Chart

helm upgrade --install vault-secrets-operator hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator \
  -f values.yaml \
  -n vault-secrets-operator \
  --create-namespace

Wait a minute and check that the Pod is up and running:

kubectl -n vault-secrets-operator get po

Confirm that Minimus images were deployed:

kubectl -n vault-secrets-operator describe pods | grep Image:

Clean Up

Uninstall the chart to delete the namespace and its resources, including Pods, Deployments, Services, Secrets, ConfigMaps, etc.:

helm uninstall vault-secrets-operator -n vault-secrets-operator

Technical Considerations

The Vault-Secrets-Operator image provided by Minimus is a slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image. The images are largely interchangeable, with a few differences as noted below.

Vault-Secrets-Operator built by Minimus:

Runs as user 65532 by default.
Drill down on the version specification tab to see the default user, listening ports, entrypoint, volumes, environment variables, etc.

The Payoff

A hardened, minimal image that will remain more secure for the long run and accrue vulnerabilities at a slower rate.

See the risk reduction dashboard for a detailed CVE comparison over the past 30 days.
Review the compliance report to see the default hardening and security configurations for the image.

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