external secrets This is basicially a zero configuration authentication method that inherits the credentials from the runtime environment using the Controller s Pod Identity Note If you are using Parameter Store replace with in all examples below AWS Authentication

Answer:
## AWS Authentication

### Controller's Pod Identity

![Pod Identity Authentication](../pictures/diagrams-provider-aws-auth-pod-identity.png)

Note: If you are using Parameter Store replace `service: SecretsManager` with `service: ParameterStore` in all examples below.

This is basicially a zero-configuration authentication method that inherits the credentials from the runtime environment using the [aws sdk default credential chain](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v1/developer-guide/credentials.html#credentials-default).

You can attach a role to the pod using [IRSA](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/iam-roles-for-service-accounts.html), [kiam](https://github.com/uswitch/kiam) or [kube2iam](https://github.com/jtblin/kube2iam). When no other authentication method is configured in the `Kind=Secretstore` this role is used to make all API calls against AWS Secrets Manager or SSM Parameter Store.

Based on the Pod's identity you can do a `sts:assumeRole` before fetching the secrets to limit access to certain keys in your provider. This is optional.

```yaml
apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
kind: SecretStore
metadata:
  name: team-b-store
spec:
  provider:
    aws:
      service: SecretsManager
      region: eu-central-1
      # optional: do a sts:assumeRole before fetching secrets
      role: team-b
```

### Access Key ID & Secret Access Key

![SecretRef](../pictures/diagrams-provider-aws-auth-secret-ref.png)

You can store Access Key ID & Secret Access Key in a `Kind=Secret` and reference it from a SecretStore.

```yaml
apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
kind: SecretStore
metadata:
  name: team-b-store
spec:
  provider:
    aws:
      service: SecretsManager
      region: eu-central-1
      # optional: assume role before fetching secrets
      role: team-b
      auth:
        secretRef:
          accessKeyIDSecretRef:
            name: awssm-secret
            key: access-key
          secretAccessKeySecretRef:
            name: awssm-secret
            key: secret-access-key
```

**NOTE:** In case of a `ClusterSecretStore`, Be sure to provide `namespace` in `accessKeyIDSecretRef`, `secretAccessKeySecretRef` with the namespaces where the secrets reside.

### EKS Service Account credentials

![Service Account](../pictures/diagrams-provider-aws-auth-service-account.png)

This feature lets you use short-lived service account tokens to authenticate with AWS.
You must have [Service Account Volume Projection](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/#service-account-token-volume-projection) enabled - it is by default on EKS. See [EKS guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/iam-roles-for-service-accounts-technical-overview.html) on how to set up IAM roles for service accounts.

The big advantage of this approach is that ESO runs without any credentials.

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  annotations:
    eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/team-a
  name: my-serviceaccount
  namespace: default
```

Reference the service account from above in the Secret Store:

```yaml
apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
kind: SecretStore
metadata:
  name: secretstore-sample
spec:
  provider:
    aws:
      service: SecretsManager
      region: eu-central-1
      auth:
        jwt:
          serviceAccountRef:
            name: my-serviceaccount
```

**NOTE:** In case of a `ClusterSecretStore`, Be sure to provide `namespace` for `serviceAccountRef` with the namespace where the service account resides.

## Custom Endpoints

You can define custom AWS endpoints if you want to use regional, vpc or custom endpoints. See List of endpoints for [Secrets Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/asm.html), [Secure Systems Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/ssm.html) and [Security Token Service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sts.html).

Use the following environment variables to point the controller to your custom endpoints. Note: All resources managed by this controller are affected.

| ENV VAR                     | DESCRIPTION                                                                                |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| AWS_SECRETSMANAGER_ENDPOINT | Endpoint for the Secrets Manager Service. The controller uses this endpoint to fetch secrets from AWS Secrets Manager.                                               |
| AWS_SSM_ENDPOINT            | Endpoint for the AWS Secure Systems Manager. The controller uses this endpoint to fetch secrets from SSM Parameter Store.                                            |
| AWS_STS_ENDPOINT            | Endpoint for the Security Token Service. The controller uses this endpoint when creating a session and when doing `assumeRole` or `assumeRoleWithWebIdentity` calls. |

AWS Authentication      Controller s Pod Identity    Pod Identity Authentication     pictures diagrams provider aws auth pod identity png   Note  If you are using Parameter Store replace  service  SecretsManager  with  service  ParameterStore  in all examples below   This is basicially a zero configuration authentication method that inherits the credentials from the runtime environment using the  aws sdk default credential chain  https   docs aws amazon com sdk for java v1 developer guide credentials html credentials default    You can attach a role to the pod using  IRSA  https   docs aws amazon com eks latest userguide iam roles for service accounts html    kiam  https   github com uswitch kiam  or  kube2iam  https   github com jtblin kube2iam   When no other authentication method is configured in the  Kind Secretstore  this role is used to make all API calls against AWS Secrets Manager or SSM Parameter Store   Based on the Pod s identity you can do a  sts assumeRole  before fetching the secrets to limit access to certain keys in your provider  This is optional      yaml apiVersion  external secrets io v1beta1 kind  SecretStore metadata    name  team b store spec    provider      aws        service  SecretsManager       region  eu central 1         optional  do a sts assumeRole before fetching secrets       role  team b          Access Key ID   Secret Access Key    SecretRef     pictures diagrams provider aws auth secret ref png   You can store Access Key ID   Secret Access Key in a  Kind Secret  and reference it from a SecretStore      yaml apiVersion  external secrets io v1beta1 kind  SecretStore metadata    name  team b store spec    provider      aws        service  SecretsManager       region  eu central 1         optional  assume role before fetching secrets       role  team b       auth          secretRef            accessKeyIDSecretRef              name  awssm secret             key  access key           secretAccessKeySecretRef              name  awssm secret             key  secret access key        NOTE    In case of a  ClusterSecretStore   Be sure to provide  namespace  in  accessKeyIDSecretRef    secretAccessKeySecretRef  with the namespaces where the secrets reside       EKS Service Account credentials    Service Account     pictures diagrams provider aws auth service account png   This feature lets you use short lived service account tokens to authenticate with AWS  You must have  Service Account Volume Projection  https   kubernetes io docs tasks configure pod container configure service account  service account token volume projection  enabled   it is by default on EKS  See  EKS guide  https   docs aws amazon com eks latest userguide iam roles for service accounts technical overview html  on how to set up IAM roles for service accounts   The big advantage of this approach is that ESO runs without any credentials      yaml apiVersion  v1 kind  ServiceAccount metadata    annotations      eks amazonaws com role arn  arn aws iam  123456789012 role team a   name  my serviceaccount   namespace  default      Reference the service account from above in the Secret Store      yaml apiVersion  external secrets io v1beta1 kind  SecretStore metadata    name  secretstore sample spec    provider      aws        service  SecretsManager       region  eu central 1       auth          jwt            serviceAccountRef              name  my serviceaccount        NOTE    In case of a  ClusterSecretStore   Be sure to provide  namespace  for  serviceAccountRef  with the namespace where the service account resides      Custom Endpoints  You can define custom AWS endpoints if you want to use regional  vpc or custom endpoints  See List of endpoints for  Secrets Manager  https   docs aws amazon com general latest gr asm html    Secure Systems Manager  https   docs aws amazon com general latest gr ssm html  and  Security Token Service  https   docs aws amazon com general latest gr sts html    Use the following environment variables to point the controller to your custom endpoints  Note  All resources managed by this controller are affected     ENV VAR                       DESCRIPTION                                                                                AWS SECRETSMANAGER ENDPOINT   Endpoint for the Secrets Manager Service  The controller uses this endpoint to fetch secrets from AWS Secrets Manager                                                    AWS SSM ENDPOINT              Endpoint for the AWS Secure Systems Manager  The controller uses this endpoint to fetch secrets from SSM Parameter Store                                                 AWS STS ENDPOINT              Endpoint for the Security Token Service  The controller uses this endpoint when creating a session and when doing  assumeRole  or  assumeRoleWithWebIdentity  calls


external secrets We have a to track progress for our road towards GA should be opened in that repository Project Management The Code our TODOs and Documentation is maintained on Features bugs and any issues regarding the documentation should be filed as in Issues All Issues

Answer:
## Project Management
The Code, our TODOs and Documentation is maintained on
[GitHub](https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets). All Issues
should be opened in that repository.
We have a [Roadmap](roadmap.md) to track progress for our road towards GA.

## Issues

Features, bugs and any issues regarding the documentation should be filed as
[GitHub Issue](https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/issues) in
our repository. We use labels like `kind/feature`, `kind/bug`, `area/aws` to
organize the issues. Issues labeled `good first issue` and `help wanted` are
especially good for a first contribution. If you want to pick up an issue just
leave a comment.

## Submitting a Pull Request

This project uses the well-known pull request process from GitHub. To submit a
pull request, fork the repository and push any changes to a branch on the copy,
from there a pull request can be made in the main repo. Merging a pull request
requires the following steps to be completed before the pull request will
be merged:

* ideally, there is an issue that documents the problem or feature in depth.
* code must have a reasonable amount of test coverage
* tests must pass
* PR needs be reviewed and approved

Once these steps are completed the PR will be merged by a code owner.
We're using the pull request `assignee` feature to track who is responsible
for the lifecycle of the PR: review, merging, ping on inactivity, close.
We close pull requests or issues if there is no response from the author for
a period of time. Feel free to reopen if you want to get back on it.

### Triggering e2e tests

We have an extensive set of e2e tests that test the integration with *real* cloud provider APIs.
Maintainers must trigger these kind of tests manually for PRs that come from forked repositories. These tests run inside a `kind` cluster in the GitHub Actions runner:

```
/ok-to-test sha=<full_commit_hash>
```
Examples:
```
/ok-to-test sha=b8ca0040200a7a05d57048d86a972fdf833b8c9b
```

#### Executing e2e tests locally

You have to prepare your shell environment with the necessary variables so the e2e test
runner knows what credentials to use. See `e2e/run.sh` for the variables that are passed in.
If you e.g. want to test AWS integration make sure set all `AWS_*` variables mentioned
in that file.

Use [ginkgo labels](https://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/#spec-labels) to select the tests
you want to execute. You have to specify `!managed` to ensure that you do not
run managed tests.

```
make test.e2e GINKGO_LABELS='gcp&&!managed'
```

#### Managed Kubernetes e2e tests

There's another suite of e2e tests that integrate with managed Kubernetes offerings.
They create real infrastructure at a cloud provider and deploy the controller
into that environment.
This is necessary to test the authentication integration
([GCP Workload Identity](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/workload-identity),
[EKS IRSA](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/iam-roles-for-service-accounts.html)...).

These tests are time intensive (~20-45min) and must be triggered manually by
a maintainer when a particular provider or authentication mechanism was changed:

```
/ok-to-test-managed sha=xxxxxx provider=aws
# or
/ok-to-test-managed sha=xxxxxx provider=gcp
# or
/ok-to-test-managed sha=xxxxxx provider=azure
```

Both tests can run in parallel. Once started they add a dynamic GitHub check `integration-managed-(gcp|aws|azure)` to the PR that triggered the test.

### Executing Managed Kubernetes e2e tests locally

You have to prepare your shell environment with the necessary variables so the e2e
test runner knows what credentials to use. See `.github/workflows/e2e-managed.yml`
for the variables that are passed in. If you e.g. want to test AWS integration make
sure set all variables containing `AWS_*` and `TF_VAR_AWS_*` mentioned in that file.

Then execute `tf.apply.aws` or `tf.apply.gcp` to create the infrastructure.

```
make tf.apply.aws
```

Then run the `managed` testsuite. You will need push permissions to the external-secrets ghcr repository. You can set `IMAGE_NAME` to control which image registry is used to store the controller and e2e test images in.

You also have to setup a proper Kubeconfig so the e2e test pod gets deployed into the managed cluster.

```
aws eks update-kubeconfig --name ${AWS_CLUSTER_NAME}
or
gcloud container clusters get-credentials ${GCP_GKE_CLUSTER} --region europe-west1-b
```

Use [ginkgo labels](https://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/#spec-labels) to select the tests
you want to execute.

```
# you may have to set IMAGE_NAME=docker.io/your-user/external-secrets
make test.e2e.managed GINKGO_LABELS='gcp'
```

## Proposal Process
Before we introduce significant changes to the project we want to gather feedback
from the community to ensure that we progress in the right direction before we
develop and release big changes. Significant changes include for example:

* creating new custom resources
* proposing breaking changes
* changing the behavior of the controller significantly

Please create a document in the `design/` directory based on the template `000-template.md`
and fill in your proposal. Open a pull request in draft mode and request feedback. Once the proposal is accepted and the pull request is merged we can create work packages and proceed with the implementation.

## Release Planning

We have a [GitHub Project Board](https://github.com/orgs/external-secrets/projects/2/views/1) where we organize issues on a high level. We group issues by milestone. Once all issues of a given milestone are closed we should prepare a new feature release. Issues of the next milestone have priority over other issues - but that does not mean that no one is allowed to start working on them.

Issues must be _manually_ added to that board (at least for now, see [GH Roadmap](https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/286)). Milestones must be assigned manually as well. If no milestone is assigned it is basically a backlog item. It is the responsibility of the maintainers to:

1. assign new issues to the GH Project
2. add a milestone if needed
3. add appropriate labels

If you would like to raise the priority of an issue for whatever reason feel free to comment on the issue or ping a maintainer.

## Support & Questions

Providing support to end users is an important and difficult task.
We have three different channels through which support questions arise:

1. Kubernetes Slack [#external-secrets](https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C017BF84G2Y)
2. [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/discussions)
3. GitHub Issues

We use labels to identify GitHub Issues. Specifically for managing support cases we use the following labels to identify the state a support case is in:

* `triage/needs-information`: Indicates an issue needs more information in order to work on it.
* `triage/not-reproducible`: Indicates an issue can not be reproduced as described.
* `triage/support`: Indicates an issue that is a support question.

## Cutting Releases

The external-secrets project is released on a as-needed basis. Feel free to open a issue to request a release. Details on how to cut a release can be found in the [release](release.md) page.

Project Management The Code  our TODOs and Documentation is maintained on  GitHub  https   github com external secrets external secrets   All Issues should be opened in that repository  We have a  Roadmap  roadmap md  to track progress for our road towards GA      Issues  Features  bugs and any issues regarding the documentation should be filed as  GitHub Issue  https   github com external secrets external secrets issues  in our repository  We use labels like  kind feature    kind bug    area aws  to organize the issues  Issues labeled  good first issue  and  help wanted  are especially good for a first contribution  If you want to pick up an issue just leave a comment      Submitting a Pull Request  This project uses the well known pull request process from GitHub  To submit a pull request  fork the repository and push any changes to a branch on the copy  from there a pull request can be made in the main repo  Merging a pull request requires the following steps to be completed before the pull request will be merged     ideally  there is an issue that documents the problem or feature in depth    code must have a reasonable amount of test coverage   tests must pass   PR needs be reviewed and approved  Once these steps are completed the PR will be merged by a code owner  We re using the pull request  assignee  feature to track who is responsible for the lifecycle of the PR  review  merging  ping on inactivity  close  We close pull requests or issues if there is no response from the author for a period of time  Feel free to reopen if you want to get back on it       Triggering e2e tests  We have an extensive set of e2e tests that test the integration with  real  cloud provider APIs  Maintainers must trigger these kind of tests manually for PRs that come from forked repositories  These tests run inside a  kind  cluster in the GitHub Actions runner        ok to test sha  full commit hash      Examples       ok to test sha b8ca0040200a7a05d57048d86a972fdf833b8c9b           Executing e2e tests locally  You have to prepare your shell environment with the necessary variables so the e2e test runner knows what credentials to use  See  e2e run sh  for the variables that are passed in  If you e g  want to test AWS integration make sure set all  AWS    variables mentioned in that file   Use  ginkgo labels  https   onsi github io ginkgo  spec labels  to select the tests you want to execute  You have to specify   managed  to ensure that you do not run managed tests       make test e2e GINKGO LABELS  gcp   managed            Managed Kubernetes e2e tests  There s another suite of e2e tests that integrate with managed Kubernetes offerings  They create real infrastructure at a cloud provider and deploy the controller into that environment  This is necessary to test the authentication integration   GCP Workload Identity  https   cloud google com kubernetes engine docs how to workload identity    EKS IRSA  https   docs aws amazon com eks latest userguide iam roles for service accounts html        These tests are time intensive   20 45min  and must be triggered manually by a maintainer when a particular provider or authentication mechanism was changed        ok to test managed sha xxxxxx provider aws   or  ok to test managed sha xxxxxx provider gcp   or  ok to test managed sha xxxxxx provider azure      Both tests can run in parallel  Once started they add a dynamic GitHub check  integration managed  gcp aws azure   to the PR that triggered the test        Executing Managed Kubernetes e2e tests locally  You have to prepare your shell environment with the necessary variables so the e2e test runner knows what credentials to use  See   github workflows e2e managed yml  for the variables that are passed in  If you e g  want to test AWS integration make sure set all variables containing  AWS    and  TF VAR AWS    mentioned in that file   Then execute  tf apply aws  or  tf apply gcp  to create the infrastructure       make tf apply aws      Then run the  managed  testsuite  You will need push permissions to the external secrets ghcr repository  You can set  IMAGE NAME  to control which image registry is used to store the controller and e2e test images in   You also have to setup a proper Kubeconfig so the e2e test pod gets deployed into the managed cluster       aws eks update kubeconfig   name   AWS CLUSTER NAME  or gcloud container clusters get credentials   GCP GKE CLUSTER    region europe west1 b      Use  ginkgo labels  https   onsi github io ginkgo  spec labels  to select the tests you want to execute         you may have to set IMAGE NAME docker io your user external secrets make test e2e managed GINKGO LABELS  gcp          Proposal Process Before we introduce significant changes to the project we want to gather feedback from the community to ensure that we progress in the right direction before we develop and release big changes  Significant changes include for example     creating new custom resources   proposing breaking changes   changing the behavior of the controller significantly  Please create a document in the  design   directory based on the template  000 template md  and fill in your proposal  Open a pull request in draft mode and request feedback  Once the proposal is accepted and the pull request is merged we can create work packages and proceed with the implementation      Release Planning  We have a  GitHub Project Board  https   github com orgs external secrets projects 2 views 1  where we organize issues on a high level  We group issues by milestone  Once all issues of a given milestone are closed we should prepare a new feature release  Issues of the next milestone have priority over other issues   but that does not mean that no one is allowed to start working on them   Issues must be  manually  added to that board  at least for now  see  GH Roadmap  https   github com github roadmap issues 286    Milestones must be assigned manually as well  If no milestone is assigned it is basically a backlog item  It is the responsibility of the maintainers to   1  assign new issues to the GH Project 2  add a milestone if needed 3  add appropriate labels  If you would like to raise the priority of an issue for whatever reason feel free to comment on the issue or ping a maintainer      Support   Questions  Providing support to end users is an important and difficult task  We have three different channels through which support questions arise   1  Kubernetes Slack   external secrets  https   kubernetes slack com archives C017BF84G2Y  2   GitHub Discussions  https   github com external secrets external secrets discussions  3  GitHub Issues  We use labels to identify GitHub Issues  Specifically for managing support cases we use the following labels to identify the state a support case is in      triage needs information   Indicates an issue needs more information in order to work on it     triage not reproducible   Indicates an issue can not be reproduced as described     triage support   Indicates an issue that is a support question       Cutting Releases  The external secrets project is released on a as needed basis  Feel free to open a issue to request a release  Details on how to cut a release can be found in the  release  release md  page


external secrets Getting Started cd external secrets You must have a working and shell git clone https github com external secrets external secrets git then clone the repo

Answer:
## Getting Started

You must have a working [Go environment](https://golang.org/doc/install) and
then clone the repo:

```shell
git clone https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets.git
cd external-secrets
```

_Note: many of the `make` commands use [yq](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq), version 4.2X.X or higher._

Our helm chart is tested using `helm-unittest`. You will need it to run tests locally if you modify the helm chart. Install it with the following command:

```
$ helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest
```

## Building & Testing

The project uses the `make` build system. It'll run code generators, tests and
static code analysis.

Building the operator binary and docker image:

```shell
make build
make docker.build IMAGE_NAME=external-secrets IMAGE_TAG=latest
```

Run tests and lint the code:
```shell
make test
make lint # OR
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.49.0 golangci-lint run
```

Build the documentation:
```shell
make docs
```

## Using Tilt

[Tilt](https://tilt.dev) can be used to develop external-secrets. Tilt will hot-reload changes to the code and replace
the running binary in the container using a process manager of its own.

To run tilt, download the utility for your operating system and run `make tilt-up`. This will do two things:
- downloads tilt for the current OS and ARCH under `bin/tilt`
- make manifest files of your current changes and place them under `./bin/deploy/manifests/external-secrets.yaml`
- run tilt with `tilt run`

Hit `space` and you can observe all the pods starting up and track their output in the tilt UI.

## Installing

To install the External Secret Operator into a Kubernetes Cluster run:

```shell
helm repo add external-secrets https://charts.external-secrets.io
helm repo update
helm install external-secrets external-secrets/external-secrets
```

You can alternatively run the controller on your host system for development purposes:

```shell
make crds.install
make run
```

To remove the CRDs run:

```shell
make crds.uninstall
```

If you need to test some other k8s integrations and need the operator to be deployed to the actual cluster while developing, you can use the following workflow:

```shell
# Start a local K8S cluster with KinD
kind create cluster --name external-secrets

export TAG=$(make docker.tag)
export IMAGE=$(make docker.imagename)

# Build docker image
make docker.build

# Load docker image into local kind cluster
kind load docker-image $IMAGE:$TAG --name external-secrets

# (Optional) Pull the image from GitHub Repo to copy into kind
# docker pull ghcr.io/external-secrets/external-secrets:v0.8.2
# kind load docker-image ghcr.io/external-secrets/external-secrets:v0.8.2 -n external-secrets
# export TAG=v0.8.2

# Update helm charts and install to KinD cluster
make helm.generate
helm upgrade --install external-secrets ./deploy/charts/external-secrets/ \
--set image.repository=$IMAGE --set image.tag=$TAG \
--set webhook.image.repository=$IMAGE --set webhook.image.tag=$TAG \
--set certController.image.repository=$IMAGE --set certController.image.tag=$TAG

# Command to delete the cluster when done
# kind delete cluster -n external-secrets
```

!!! note "Contributing Flow"
    The HOW TO guide for contributing is at the [Contributing Process](process.md) page.

## Documentation

We use [mkdocs material](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/) and [mike](https://github.com/jimporter/mike) to generate this
documentation. See `/docs` for the source code and `/hack/api-docs` for the build process.

When writing documentation it is advised to run the mkdocs server with livereload:

```shell
make docs.serve
```

Run the following command to run a complete build. The rendered assets are available under `/site`.

```shell
make docs
make docs.serve
```

Open `http://localhost:8000` in your browser.

Since mike uses a branch to create/update documentation, any docs operation will create a diff on your local `gh-pages` branch.

When finished writing/reviewing the docs, clean up your local docs branch changes with `git branch -D gh-pages`

Getting Started  You must have a working  Go environment  https   golang org doc install  and then clone the repo      shell git clone https   github com external secrets external secrets git cd external secrets       Note  many of the  make  commands use  yq  https   github com mikefarah yq   version 4 2X X or higher    Our helm chart is tested using  helm unittest   You will need it to run tests locally if you modify the helm chart  Install it with the following command         helm plugin install https   github com helm unittest helm unittest         Building   Testing  The project uses the  make  build system  It ll run code generators  tests and static code analysis   Building the operator binary and docker image      shell make build make docker build IMAGE NAME external secrets IMAGE TAG latest      Run tests and lint the code     shell make test make lint   OR docker run   rm  v   pwd   app  w  app golangci golangci lint v1 49 0 golangci lint run      Build the documentation     shell make docs         Using Tilt   Tilt  https   tilt dev  can be used to develop external secrets  Tilt will hot reload changes to the code and replace the running binary in the container using a process manager of its own   To run tilt  download the utility for your operating system and run  make tilt up   This will do two things    downloads tilt for the current OS and ARCH under  bin tilt    make manifest files of your current changes and place them under    bin deploy manifests external secrets yaml    run tilt with  tilt run   Hit  space  and you can observe all the pods starting up and track their output in the tilt UI      Installing  To install the External Secret Operator into a Kubernetes Cluster run      shell helm repo add external secrets https   charts external secrets io helm repo update helm install external secrets external secrets external secrets      You can alternatively run the controller on your host system for development purposes       shell make crds install make run      To remove the CRDs run      shell make crds uninstall      If you need to test some other k8s integrations and need the operator to be deployed to the actual cluster while developing  you can use the following workflow      shell   Start a local K8S cluster with KinD kind create cluster   name external secrets  export TAG   make docker tag  export IMAGE   make docker imagename     Build docker image make docker build    Load docker image into local kind cluster kind load docker image  IMAGE  TAG   name external secrets     Optional  Pull the image from GitHub Repo to copy into kind   docker pull ghcr io external secrets external secrets v0 8 2   kind load docker image ghcr io external secrets external secrets v0 8 2  n external secrets   export TAG v0 8 2    Update helm charts and install to KinD cluster make helm generate helm upgrade   install external secrets   deploy charts external secrets      set image repository  IMAGE   set image tag  TAG     set webhook image repository  IMAGE   set webhook image tag  TAG     set certController image repository  IMAGE   set certController image tag  TAG     Command to delete the cluster when done   kind delete cluster  n external secrets          note  Contributing Flow      The HOW TO guide for contributing is at the  Contributing Process  process md  page       Documentation  We use  mkdocs material  https   squidfunk github io mkdocs material   and  mike  https   github com jimporter mike  to generate this documentation  See   docs  for the source code and   hack api docs  for the build process   When writing documentation it is advised to run the mkdocs server with livereload      shell make docs serve      Run the following command to run a complete build  The rendered assets are available under   site       shell make docs make docs serve      Open  http   localhost 8000  in your browser   Since mike uses a branch to create update documentation  any docs operation will create a diff on your local  gh pages  branch   When finished writing reviewing the docs  clean up your local docs branch changes with  git branch  D gh pages


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# Code of Conduct

## Our Pledge

We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our
community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity
and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

## Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
community include:

* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes,
  and learning from the experience
* Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the
  overall community

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
  advances of any kind
* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
* Public or private harassment
* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email
  address, without their explicit permission
* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
  professional setting

## Enforcement Responsibilities

Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
or harmful.

Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation
decisions when appropriate.

## Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when
an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address,
posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
representative at an online or offline event.

## Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at cncf-ExternalSecretsOp-maintainers@lists.cncf.io.
All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
reporter of any incident.

## Enforcement Guidelines

Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining
the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

### 1. Correction

**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.

**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing
clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the
behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

### 2. Warning

**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series
of actions.

**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No
interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with
those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This
includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels
like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or
permanent ban.

### 3. Temporary Ban

**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including
sustained inappropriate behavior.

**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or
private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction
with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period.
Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.

### 4. Permanent Ban

**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community
standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior,  harassment of an
individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.

**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
the community.

## Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
version 2.0, available at
[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html][v2.0].

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by
[Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder][Mozilla CoC].

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at
[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq][FAQ]. Translations are available
at [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations][translations].

[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
[v2.0]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html
[Mozilla CoC]: https://github.com/mozilla/diversity
[FAQ]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
[translations]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations

Code of Conduct     Our Pledge  We as members  contributors  and leaders pledge to make participation in our community a harassment free experience for everyone  regardless of age  body size  visible or invisible disability  ethnicity  sex characteristics  gender identity and expression  level of experience  education  socio economic status  nationality  personal appearance  race  caste  color  religion  or sexual identity and orientation   We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open  welcoming  diverse  inclusive  and healthy community      Our Standards  Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include     Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people   Being respectful of differing opinions  viewpoints  and experiences   Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback   Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes    and learning from the experience   Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals  but for the   overall community  Examples of unacceptable behavior include     The use of sexualized language or imagery  and sexual attention or   advances of any kind   Trolling  insulting or derogatory comments  and personal or political attacks   Public or private harassment   Publishing others  private information  such as a physical or email   address  without their explicit permission   Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a   professional setting     Enforcement Responsibilities  Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate  threatening  offensive  or harmful   Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove  edit  or reject comments  commits  code  wiki edits  issues  and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct  and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate      Scope  This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces  and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces  Examples of representing our community include using an official e mail address  posting via an official social media account  or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event      Enforcement  Instances of abusive  harassing  or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at cncf ExternalSecretsOp maintainers lists cncf io  All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly   All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident      Enforcement Guidelines  Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct       1  Correction    Community Impact    Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community     Consequence    A private  written warning from community leaders  providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate  A public apology may be requested       2  Warning    Community Impact    A violation through a single incident or series of actions     Consequence    A warning with consequences for continued behavior  No interaction with the people involved  including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct  for a specified period of time  This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media  Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban       3  Temporary Ban    Community Impact    A serious violation of community standards  including sustained inappropriate behavior     Consequence    A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time  No public or private interaction with the people involved  including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct  is allowed during this period  Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban       4  Permanent Ban    Community Impact    Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards  including sustained inappropriate behavior   harassment of an individual  or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals     Consequence    A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community      Attribution  This Code of Conduct is adapted from the  Contributor Covenant  homepage   version 2 0  available at  https   www contributor covenant org version 2 0 code of conduct html  v2 0    Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by   Mozilla s code of conduct enforcement ladder  Mozilla CoC    For answers to common questions about this code of conduct  see the FAQ at  https   www contributor covenant org faq  FAQ   Translations are available  at  https   www contributor covenant org translations  translations     homepage   https   www contributor covenant org  v2 0   https   www contributor covenant org version 2 0 code of conduct html  Mozilla CoC   https   github com mozilla diversity  FAQ   https   www contributor covenant org faq  translations   https   www contributor covenant org translations


external secrets If the which define where secrets live and how to synchronize them The controller Architecture The External Secrets Operator extends Kubernetes with Custom fetches secrets from an external API and creates Kubernetes API Overview Resources https kubernetes io docs concepts extend kubernetes api extension custom resources

Answer:
# API Overview

## Architecture
![high-level](../pictures/diagrams-high-level-simple.png)

The External Secrets Operator extends Kubernetes with [Custom
Resources](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/api-extension/custom-resources/),
which define where secrets live and how to synchronize them. The controller
fetches secrets from an external API and creates Kubernetes
[secrets](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/). If the
secret from the external API changes, the controller will reconcile the state in
the cluster and update the secrets accordingly.

## Resource model

To understand the mechanics of the operator let's start with the data model. The
SecretStore references a bucket of key/value pairs. But because every external
API is slightly different this bucket may be e.g. an instance of an Azure
KeyVault or a AWS Secrets Manager in a certain AWS Account and region. Please
take a look at the provider documentation to see what the Bucket actually maps
to.

![Resource Mapping](../pictures/diagrams-resource-mapping.png)

### SecretStore

The idea behind the [SecretStore](../api/secretstore.md) resource is to separate concerns of
authentication/access and the actual Secret and configuration needed for
workloads. The ExternalSecret specifies what to fetch, the SecretStore specifies
how to access. This resource is namespaced.

``` yaml
{% include 'basic-secret-store.yaml' %}
```
The `SecretStore` contains references to secrets which hold credentials to
access the external API.

### ExternalSecret
An [ExternalSecret](../api/externalsecret.md) declares what data to fetch. It has a reference to a
`SecretStore` which knows how to access that data. The controller uses that
`ExternalSecret` as a blueprint to create secrets.

``` yaml
{% include 'basic-external-secret.yaml' %}
```

### ClusterSecretStore

The [ClusterSecretStore](../api/clustersecretstore.md) is a global, cluster-wide SecretStore that can be
referenced from all namespaces. You can use it to provide a central gateway to your secret provider.

## Behavior

The External Secret Operator (ESO for brevity) reconciles `ExternalSecrets` in
the following manner:

1. ESO uses `spec.secretStoreRef` to find an appropriate `SecretStore`. If it
   doesn't exist or the `spec.controller` field doesn't match it won't further
   process this ExternalSecret.
2. ESO instanciates an external API client using the specified credentials from
   the `SecretStore` spec.
3. ESO fetches the secrets as requested by the `ExternalSecret`, it will decode
   the secrets if required
5. ESO creates an `Kind=Secret` based on the template provided by
   `ExternalSecret.target.template`. The `Secret.data` can be templated using
   the secret values from the external API.
6. ESO ensures that the secret values stay in sync with the external API

## Roles and responsibilities

The External Secret Operator is designed to target the following persona:

* **Cluster Operator**: The cluster operator is responsible for setting up the
  External Secret Operator, managing access policies and creating
  ClusterSecretStores.
* **Application developer**: The Application developer is responsible for
  defining ExternalSecrets and the application configuration

Each persona will roughly map to a Kubernetes RBAC role. Depending on your
environment these roles can map to a single user. **Note:** There is no Secret
Operator that handles the lifecycle of the secret, this is out of the scope of
ESO.

## Access Control

The External Secrets Operator runs as a deployment in your cluster with elevated
privileges. It will create/read/update secrets in all namespaces and has access
to secrets stored in some external API. Ensure that the credentials you provide
give ESO the least privilege necessary.

Design your `SecretStore`/`ClusterSecretStore` carefully! Be sure to restrict
access of application developers to read only certain
keys in a shared environment.

You should also consider using Kubernetes' admission control system (e.g.
[OPA](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/) or [Kyverno](https://kyverno.io/)) for
fine-grained access control.

## Running multiple Controller
You can run multiple controllers within the cluster. One controller can be
limited to only process `SecretStores` with a predefined `spec.controller`
field.

!!! note "Testers welcome"
    This is not widely tested. Please help us test the setup and/or document use-cases.

API Overview     Architecture   high level     pictures diagrams high level simple png   The External Secrets Operator extends Kubernetes with  Custom Resources  https   kubernetes io docs concepts extend kubernetes api extension custom resources    which define where secrets live and how to synchronize them  The controller fetches secrets from an external API and creates Kubernetes  secrets  https   kubernetes io docs concepts configuration secret    If the secret from the external API changes  the controller will reconcile the state in the cluster and update the secrets accordingly       Resource model  To understand the mechanics of the operator let s start with the data model  The SecretStore references a bucket of key value pairs  But because every external API is slightly different this bucket may be e g  an instance of an Azure KeyVault or a AWS Secrets Manager in a certain AWS Account and region  Please take a look at the provider documentation to see what the Bucket actually maps to     Resource Mapping     pictures diagrams resource mapping png       SecretStore  The idea behind the  SecretStore     api secretstore md  resource is to separate concerns of authentication access and the actual Secret and configuration needed for workloads  The ExternalSecret specifies what to fetch  the SecretStore specifies how to access  This resource is namespaced       yaml    include  basic secret store yaml         The  SecretStore  contains references to secrets which hold credentials to access the external API       ExternalSecret An  ExternalSecret     api externalsecret md  declares what data to fetch  It has a reference to a  SecretStore  which knows how to access that data  The controller uses that  ExternalSecret  as a blueprint to create secrets       yaml    include  basic external secret yaml              ClusterSecretStore  The  ClusterSecretStore     api clustersecretstore md  is a global  cluster wide SecretStore that can be referenced from all namespaces  You can use it to provide a central gateway to your secret provider      Behavior  The External Secret Operator  ESO for brevity  reconciles  ExternalSecrets  in the following manner   1  ESO uses  spec secretStoreRef  to find an appropriate  SecretStore   If it    doesn t exist or the  spec controller  field doesn t match it won t further    process this ExternalSecret  2  ESO instanciates an external API client using the specified credentials from    the  SecretStore  spec  3  ESO fetches the secrets as requested by the  ExternalSecret   it will decode    the secrets if required 5  ESO creates an  Kind Secret  based on the template provided by     ExternalSecret target template   The  Secret data  can be templated using    the secret values from the external API  6  ESO ensures that the secret values stay in sync with the external API     Roles and responsibilities  The External Secret Operator is designed to target the following persona       Cluster Operator    The cluster operator is responsible for setting up the   External Secret Operator  managing access policies and creating   ClusterSecretStores      Application developer    The Application developer is responsible for   defining ExternalSecrets and the application configuration  Each persona will roughly map to a Kubernetes RBAC role  Depending on your environment these roles can map to a single user    Note    There is no Secret Operator that handles the lifecycle of the secret  this is out of the scope of ESO      Access Control  The External Secrets Operator runs as a deployment in your cluster with elevated privileges  It will create read update secrets in all namespaces and has access to secrets stored in some external API  Ensure that the credentials you provide give ESO the least privilege necessary   Design your  SecretStore   ClusterSecretStore  carefully  Be sure to restrict access of application developers to read only certain keys in a shared environment   You should also consider using Kubernetes  admission control system  e g   OPA  https   www openpolicyagent org   or  Kyverno  https   kyverno io    for fine grained access control      Running multiple Controller You can run multiple controllers within the cluster  One controller can be limited to only process  SecretStores  with a predefined  spec controller  field       note  Testers welcome      This is not widely tested  Please help us test the setup and or document use cases


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Answer:
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This page lists the status, timeline and policy for currently supported ESO releases and its providers. Please also see our [deprecation policy](deprecation-policy.md) that describes API versioning, deprecation and API surface.

## Supported Versions

We want to provide security patches and critical bug fixes in a timely manner to our users.
To do so, we offer long-term support for our latest two (N, N-1) software releases.
We aim for a 2-3 month minor release cycle, i.e. a given release is supported for about 4-6 months.

We want to cover the following cases:

- regular image rebuilds to update OS dependencies
- regular go dependency updates
- backport bug fixes on demand

| ESO Version | Kubernetes Version | Release Date | End of Life     |
| ----------- | ------------------ | ------------ | --------------- |
| 0.10.x      | 1.19 → 1.31        | Aug 3, 2024  | Release of 0.12 |
| 0.9.x       | 1.19 → 1.30        | Jun 22, 2023 | Release of 0.11 |
| 0.8.x       | 1.19 → 1.28        | Mar 16, 2023 | Aug 3, 2024     |
| 0.7.x       | 1.19 → 1.26        | Dec 11, 2022 | Jun 22, 2023    |
| 0.6.x       | 1.19 → 1.24        | Oct 9, 2022  | Mar 16, 2023    |
| 0.5.x       | 1.19 → 1.24        | Apr 6, 2022  | Dec 11, 2022    |
| 0.4.x       | 1.16 → 1.24        | Feb 2, 2022  | Oct 9, 2022     |
| 0.3.x       | 1.16 → 1.24        | Jul 25, 2021 | Apr 6, 2022     |

## Provider Stability and Support Level

The following table describes the stability level of each provider and who's responsible.

| Provider                                                                                | Stability |                                                                                Maintainer |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:---------:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
| [AWS Secrets Manager](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/aws-secrets-manager/)                    |  stable   |                                                                                [external-secrets](https://github.com/external-secrets) |
| [AWS Parameter Store](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/aws-parameter-store/)                    |  stable   |                                                                                [external-secrets](https://github.com/external-secrets) |
| [Hashicorp Vault](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/hashicorp-vault/)                            |  stable   |                                                                                [external-secrets](https://github.com/external-secrets) |
| [GCP Secret Manager](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/google-secrets-manager/)                  |  stable   |                                                                                [external-secrets](https://github.com/external-secrets) |
| [Azure Keyvault](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/azure-key-vault/)                             |  stable   |                                                                                [external-secrets](https://github.com/external-secrets) |
| [IBM Cloud Secrets Manager](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/ibm-secrets-manager/)              |  stable   | [@knelasevero](https://github.com/knelasevero) [@sebagomez](https://github.com/sebagomez) [@ricardoptcosta](https://github.com/ricardoptcosta) [@IdanAdar](https://github.com/IdanAdar) |
| [Kubernetes](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/kubernetes)                                       |   beta    |                                                                                [external-secrets](https://github.com/external-secrets) |
| [Yandex Lockbox](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/yandex-lockbox/)                              |   alpha   |                                                                                [@AndreyZamyslov](https://github.com/AndreyZamyslov) [@knelasevero](https://github.com/knelasevero) |
| [GitLab Variables](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/gitlab-variables/)                          |   alpha   |                                                                                [@Jabray5](https://github.com/Jabray5) |
| Alibaba Cloud KMS                                                                                |   alpha   |                                                                                [@ElsaChelala](https://github.com/ElsaChelala) |
| [Oracle Vault](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/oracle-vault)                                   |   alpha   |                                                                                [@KianTigger](https://github.com/KianTigger) [@EladGabay](https://github.com/EladGabay) |
| [Akeyless](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/akeyless)                                           |  stable   |                                                                                [external-secrets](https://github.com/external-secrets) |
| [1Password](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/1password-automation)                              |   alpha   |                                                                                [@SimSpaceCorp](https://github.com/Simspace) [@snarlysodboxer](https://github.com/snarlysodboxer) |
| [Generic Webhook](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/webhook)                                     |   alpha   |                                                                                [@willemm](https://github.com/willemm) |
| [senhasegura DevOps Secrets Management (DSM)](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/senhasegura-dsm) |   alpha   |                                                                                [@lfraga](https://github.com/lfraga) |
| [Doppler SecretOps Platform](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/doppler)                          |   alpha   |                                                                                [@ryan-blunden](https://github.com/ryan-blunden/) [@nmanoogian](https://github.com/nmanoogian/) |
| [Keeper Security](https://www.keepersecurity.com/)                                                         |   alpha   |                                                                                [@ppodevlab](https://github.com/ppodevlab) |
| [Scaleway](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/scaleway)                                           |   alpha   |                                                                                [@azert9](https://github.com/azert9/) |
| [Conjur](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/conjur)                                               |  stable   |                                                                                [@davidh-cyberark](https://github.com/davidh-cyberark/) [@szh](https://github.com/szh) |
| [Delinea](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/delinea)                                             |   alpha   |                                                                                [@michaelsauter](https://github.com/michaelsauter/) |
| [Beyondtrust](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/beyondtrust)                                     |   alpha   |                                                                                [@btfhernandez](https://github.com/btfhernandez/) |
| [SecretServer](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/secretserver)                                   |   alpha   |                                                                                [@billhamilton](https://github.com/pacificcode/) |
| [Pulumi ESC](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/pulumi)                                           |   alpha   |                                                                                [@dirien](https://github.com/dirien) |
| [Passbolt](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/passbolt)                                           |   alpha   |                                                                                |
| [Infisical](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/infisical)                                         |   alpha   |                                                                                [@akhilmhdh](https://github.com/akhilmhdh) |
| [Device42](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/device42)                                           |   alpha   |                                                                                |
| [Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/bitwarden-secrets-manager)         |   alpha   |                                                                                [@skarlso](https://github.com/Skarlso) |
| [Previder](https://external-secrets.io/latest/provider/previder)                                           |  stable   |                                                                                [@previder](https://github.com/previder) |

## Provider Feature Support

The following table show the support for features across different providers.

| Provider                  | find by name | find by tags | metadataPolicy Fetch | referent authentication | store validation | push secret | DeletionPolicy Merge/Delete |
|---------------------------| :----------: | :----------: | :------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: |:-----------:|:---------------------------:|
| AWS Secrets Manager       |      x       |      x       |          x           |            x            |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| AWS Parameter Store       |      x       |      x       |          x           |            x            |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| Hashicorp Vault           |      x       |      x       |          x           |            x            |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| GCP Secret Manager        |      x       |      x       |          x           |            x            |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| Azure Keyvault            |      x       |      x       |          x           |            x            |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| Kubernetes                |      x       |      x       |          x           |            x            |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| IBM Cloud Secrets Manager |      x       |              |          x           |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Yandex Lockbox            |              |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| GitLab Variables          |      x       |      x       |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Alibaba Cloud KMS         |              |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Oracle Vault              |              |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Akeyless                  |      x       |      x       |                      |            x            |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| 1Password                 |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| Generic Webhook           |              |              |                      |                         |                  |             |              x              |
| senhasegura DSM           |              |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Doppler                   |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Keeper Security           |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |      x      |                             |
| Scaleway                  |      x       |      x       |                      |                         |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| Conjur                    |      x       |      x       |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Delinea                   |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Beyondtrust               |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| SecretServer              |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Pulumi ESC                |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Passbolt                  |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Infisical                 |      x       |              |                      |            x            |        x         |             |                             |
| Device42                  |              |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |
| Bitwarden Secrets Manager |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |      x      |              x              |
| Previder                  |      x       |              |                      |                         |        x         |             |                             |

## Support Policy

We provide technical support and security / bug fixes for the above listed versions.

### Technical support

We provide assistance for deploying/upgrading etc. on a best-effort basis. You can request support through the following channels:

- [Kubernetes Slack
  #external-secrets](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/external-secrets)
- GitHub [Issues](https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/issues)
- GitHub [Discussions](https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/discussions)

Even though we have active maintainers and people assigned to this project, we kindly ask for patience when asking for support. We will try to get to priority issues as fast as possible, but there may be some delays.

hide      toc      This page lists the status  timeline and policy for currently supported ESO releases and its providers  Please also see our  deprecation policy  deprecation policy md  that describes API versioning  deprecation and API surface      Supported Versions  We want to provide security patches and critical bug fixes in a timely manner to our users  To do so  we offer long term support for our latest two  N  N 1  software releases  We aim for a 2 3 month minor release cycle  i e  a given release is supported for about 4 6 months   We want to cover the following cases     regular image rebuilds to update OS dependencies   regular go dependency updates   backport bug fixes on demand    ESO Version   Kubernetes Version   Release Date   End of Life                                                                               0 10 x        1 19   1 31          Aug 3  2024    Release of 0 12     0 9 x         1 19   1 30          Jun 22  2023   Release of 0 11     0 8 x         1 19   1 28          Mar 16  2023   Aug 3  2024         0 7 x         1 19   1 26          Dec 11  2022   Jun 22  2023        0 6 x         1 19   1 24          Oct 9  2022    Mar 16  2023        0 5 x         1 19   1 24          Apr 6  2022    Dec 11  2022        0 4 x         1 16   1 24          Feb 2  2022    Oct 9  2022         0 3 x         1 16   1 24          Jul 25  2021   Apr 6  2022           Provider Stability and Support Level  The following table describes the stability level of each provider and who s responsible     Provider                                                                                Stability                                                                                Maintainer                                                                                AWS Secrets Manager  https   external secrets io latest provider aws secrets manager                         stable                                                                                external secrets  https   github com external secrets       AWS Parameter Store  https   external secrets io latest provider aws parameter store                         stable                                                                                external secrets  https   github com external secrets       Hashicorp Vault  https   external secrets io latest provider hashicorp vault                                 stable                                                                                external secrets  https   github com external secrets       GCP Secret Manager  https   external secrets io latest provider google secrets manager                       stable                                                                                external secrets  https   github com external secrets       Azure Keyvault  https   external secrets io latest provider azure key vault                                  stable                                                                                external secrets  https   github com external secrets       IBM Cloud Secrets Manager  https   external secrets io latest provider ibm secrets manager                   stable       knelasevero  https   github com knelasevero    sebagomez  https   github com sebagomez    ricardoptcosta  https   github com ricardoptcosta    IdanAdar  https   github com IdanAdar       Kubernetes  https   external secrets io latest provider kubernetes                                            beta                                                                                external secrets  https   github com external secrets       Yandex Lockbox  https   external secrets io latest provider yandex lockbox                                    alpha                                                                                AndreyZamyslov  https   github com AndreyZamyslov    knelasevero  https   github com knelasevero       GitLab Variables  https   external secrets io latest provider gitlab variables                                alpha                                                                                Jabray5  https   github com Jabray5      Alibaba Cloud KMS                                                                                alpha                                                                                ElsaChelala  https   github com ElsaChelala       Oracle Vault  https   external secrets io latest provider oracle vault                                        alpha                                                                                KianTigger  https   github com KianTigger    EladGabay  https   github com EladGabay       Akeyless  https   external secrets io latest provider akeyless                                               stable                                                                                external secrets  https   github com external secrets       1Password  https   external secrets io latest provider 1password automation                                   alpha                                                                                SimSpaceCorp  https   github com Simspace    snarlysodboxer  https   github com snarlysodboxer       Generic Webhook  https   external secrets io latest provider webhook                                          alpha                                                                                willemm  https   github com willemm       senhasegura DevOps Secrets Management  DSM   https   external secrets io latest provider senhasegura dsm      alpha                                                                                lfraga  https   github com lfraga       Doppler SecretOps Platform  https   external secrets io latest provider doppler                               alpha                                                                                ryan blunden  https   github com ryan blunden     nmanoogian  https   github com nmanoogian        Keeper Security  https   www keepersecurity com                                                               alpha                                                                                ppodevlab  https   github com ppodevlab       Scaleway  https   external secrets io latest provider scaleway                                                alpha                                                                                azert9  https   github com azert9        Conjur  https   external secrets io latest provider conjur                                                   stable                                                                                davidh cyberark  https   github com davidh cyberark     szh  https   github com szh       Delinea  https   external secrets io latest provider delinea                                                  alpha                                                                                michaelsauter  https   github com michaelsauter        Beyondtrust  https   external secrets io latest provider beyondtrust                                          alpha                                                                                btfhernandez  https   github com btfhernandez        SecretServer  https   external secrets io latest provider secretserver                                        alpha                                                                                billhamilton  https   github com pacificcode        Pulumi ESC  https   external secrets io latest provider pulumi                                                alpha                                                                                dirien  https   github com dirien       Passbolt  https   external secrets io latest provider passbolt                                                alpha                                                                                Infisical  https   external secrets io latest provider infisical                                              alpha                                                                                akhilmhdh  https   github com akhilmhdh       Device42  https   external secrets io latest provider device42                                                alpha                                                                                Bitwarden Secrets Manager  https   external secrets io latest provider bitwarden secrets manager              alpha                                                                                skarlso  https   github com Skarlso       Previder  https   external secrets io latest provider previder                                               stable                                                                                previder  https   github com previder        Provider Feature Support  The following table show the support for features across different providers     Provider                    find by name   find by tags   metadataPolicy Fetch   referent authentication   store validation   push secret   DeletionPolicy Merge Delete                                                                                AWS Secrets Manager              x              x                  x                        x                     x                x                     x                  AWS Parameter Store              x              x                  x                        x                     x                x                     x                  Hashicorp Vault                  x              x                  x                        x                     x                x                     x                  GCP Secret Manager               x              x                  x                        x                     x                x                     x                  Azure Keyvault                   x              x                  x                        x                     x                x                     x                  Kubernetes                       x              x                  x                        x                     x                x                     x                  IBM Cloud Secrets Manager        x                                 x                                              x                                                         Yandex Lockbox                                                                                x                                                         GitLab Variables                 x              x                                                                 x                                                         Alibaba Cloud KMS                                                                                x                                                         Oracle Vault                                                                                x                                                         Akeyless                         x              x                                           x                     x                x                     x                  1Password                        x                                                                                x                x                     x                  Generic Webhook                                                                                x                  senhasegura DSM                                                                                x                                                         Doppler                          x                                                                                x                                                         Keeper Security                  x                                                                                x                x                                        Scaleway                         x              x                                                                 x                x                     x                  Conjur                           x              x                                                                 x                                                         Delinea                          x                                                                                x                                                         Beyondtrust                      x                                                                                x                                                         SecretServer                     x                                                                                x                                                         Pulumi ESC                       x                                                                                x                                                         Passbolt                         x                                                                                x                                                         Infisical                        x                                                          x                     x                                                         Device42                                                                                x                                                         Bitwarden Secrets Manager        x                                                                                x                x                     x                  Previder                         x                                                                                x                                                           Support Policy  We provide technical support and security   bug fixes for the above listed versions       Technical support  We provide assistance for deploying upgrading etc  on a best effort basis  You can request support through the following channels      Kubernetes Slack    external secrets  https   kubernetes slack com messages external secrets    GitHub  Issues  https   github com external secrets external secrets issues    GitHub  Discussions  https   github com external secrets external secrets discussions   Even though we have active maintainers and people assigned to this project  we kindly ask for patience when asking for support  We will try to get to priority issues as fast as possible  but there may be some delays


external secrets to a supported version before installing external secrets Installing with Helm Getting started External secrets runs within your Kubernetes cluster as a deployment resource and manages Kubernetes secret resources with ExternalSecret resources It utilizes CustomResourceDefinitions to configure access to secret providers through SecretStore resources Note The minimum supported version of Kubernetes is Users still running Kubernetes v1 15 or below should upgrade

Answer:
# Getting started

External-secrets runs within your Kubernetes cluster as a deployment resource.
It utilizes CustomResourceDefinitions to configure access to secret providers through SecretStore resources
and manages Kubernetes secret resources with ExternalSecret resources.

> Note: The minimum supported version of Kubernetes is `1.16.0`. Users still running Kubernetes v1.15 or below should upgrade
> to a supported version before installing external-secrets.

## Installing with Helm

The default install options will automatically install and manage the CRDs as part of your helm release. If you do not want the CRDs to be automatically upgraded and managed, you must set the `installCRDs` option to `false`. (e.g. `--set installCRDs=false`)

You can install those CRDs outside of `helm` using:
```bash
kubectl apply -k "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/<replace_with_your_version>/deploy/crds/bundle.yaml"
```

Uncomment the relevant line in the next steps to disable the automatic install of CRDs.

### Option 1: Install from chart repository

```bash
helm repo add external-secrets https://charts.external-secrets.io

helm install external-secrets \
   external-secrets/external-secrets \
    -n external-secrets \
    --create-namespace \
  # --set installCRDs=false
```

### Option 2: Install chart from local build

Build and install the Helm chart locally after cloning the repository.

```bash
make helm.build

helm install external-secrets \
    ./bin/chart/external-secrets.tgz \
    -n external-secrets \
    --create-namespace \
  # --set installCRDs=false
```

### Create a secret containing your AWS credentials

```shell
echo -n 'KEYID' > ./access-key
echo -n 'SECRETKEY' > ./secret-access-key
kubectl create secret generic awssm-secret --from-file=./access-key --from-file=./secret-access-key
```

### Create your first SecretStore

Create a file 'basic-secret-store.yaml' with the following content.

```yaml
{% include 'basic-secret-store.yaml' %}
```

Apply it to create a SecretStore resource.

```
kubectl apply -f "basic-secret-store.yaml"
```

### Create your first ExternalSecret

Create a file 'basic-external-secret.yaml' with the following content.

```yaml
{% include 'basic-external-secret.yaml' %}
```

Apply it to create an External Secret resource.

```
kubectl apply -f "basic-external-secret.yaml"
```

```bash
kubectl describe externalsecret example
# [...]
Name:  example
Status:
  Binding:
    Name:                  secret-to-be-created
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2021-02-24T16:45:23Z
    Message:               Secret was synced
    Reason:                SecretSynced
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Ready
  Refresh Time:            2021-02-24T16:45:24Z
Events:                    <none>
```

For more advanced examples, please read the other
[guides](../guides/introduction.md).

## Installing with OLM

External-secrets can be managed by [Operator Lifecycle Manager](https://olm.operatorframework.io/) (OLM) via an installer operator. It is made available through [OperatorHub.io](https://operatorhub.io/), this installation method is suited best for OpenShift. See installation instructions on the [external-secrets-operator](https://operatorhub.io/operator/external-secrets-operator) package.

## Uninstalling

Before continuing, ensure that all external-secret resources that have been created by users have been deleted.
You can check for any existing resources with the following command:

```bash
kubectl get SecretStores,ClusterSecretStores,ExternalSecrets --all-namespaces
```

Once all these resources have been deleted you are ready to uninstall external-secrets.

### Uninstalling with Helm

Uninstall the helm release using the delete command.

```bash
helm delete external-secrets --namespace external-secrets
```

Getting started  External secrets runs within your Kubernetes cluster as a deployment resource  It utilizes CustomResourceDefinitions to configure access to secret providers through SecretStore resources and manages Kubernetes secret resources with ExternalSecret resources     Note  The minimum supported version of Kubernetes is  1 16 0   Users still running Kubernetes v1 15 or below should upgrade   to a supported version before installing external secrets      Installing with Helm  The default install options will automatically install and manage the CRDs as part of your helm release  If you do not want the CRDs to be automatically upgraded and managed  you must set the  installCRDs  option to  false    e g     set installCRDs false    You can install those CRDs outside of  helm  using     bash kubectl apply  k  https   raw githubusercontent com external secrets external secrets  replace with your version  deploy crds bundle yaml       Uncomment the relevant line in the next steps to disable the automatic install of CRDs       Option 1  Install from chart repository     bash helm repo add external secrets https   charts external secrets io  helm install external secrets      external secrets external secrets        n external secrets         create namespace         set installCRDs false          Option 2  Install chart from local build  Build and install the Helm chart locally after cloning the repository      bash make helm build  helm install external secrets         bin chart external secrets tgz        n external secrets         create namespace         set installCRDs false          Create a secret containing your AWS credentials     shell echo  n  KEYID      access key echo  n  SECRETKEY      secret access key kubectl create secret generic awssm secret   from file   access key   from file   secret access key          Create your first SecretStore  Create a file  basic secret store yaml  with the following content      yaml    include  basic secret store yaml          Apply it to create a SecretStore resource       kubectl apply  f  basic secret store yaml           Create your first ExternalSecret  Create a file  basic external secret yaml  with the following content      yaml    include  basic external secret yaml          Apply it to create an External Secret resource       kubectl apply  f  basic external secret yaml          bash kubectl describe externalsecret example         Name   example Status    Binding      Name                   secret to be created   Conditions      Last Transition Time   2021 02 24T16 45 23Z     Message                Secret was synced     Reason                 SecretSynced     Status                 True     Type                   Ready   Refresh Time             2021 02 24T16 45 24Z Events                      none       For more advanced examples  please read the other  guides     guides introduction md       Installing with OLM  External secrets can be managed by  Operator Lifecycle Manager  https   olm operatorframework io    OLM  via an installer operator  It is made available through  OperatorHub io  https   operatorhub io    this installation method is suited best for OpenShift  See installation instructions on the  external secrets operator  https   operatorhub io operator external secrets operator  package      Uninstalling  Before continuing  ensure that all external secret resources that have been created by users have been deleted  You can check for any existing resources with the following command      bash kubectl get SecretStores ClusterSecretStores ExternalSecrets   all namespaces      Once all these resources have been deleted you are ready to uninstall external secrets       Uninstalling with Helm  Uninstall the helm release using the delete command      bash helm delete external secrets   namespace external secrets