The secure way to handle secrets in OpenShift

235 · Red Hat · Oct. 1, 2025, 7:09 a.m.
Summary
This article provides best practices for managing sensitive information in OpenShift and Kubernetes, emphasizing the importance of using volume mounts over environment variables for handling secrets. It outlines the security risks associated with each method and advocates for a secure approach, including the use of external secret stores for optimal protection.