I just realized I could use an External-Secrets webhook provider to pull credentials from Authentik, so I wrote a post about how to do it.

https://blog.jameswynn.com/posts/2026/04/external-secrets-authentik/

#kubernetes #authentik #externalsecrets #selfhosting #selfhosted #homelab

I've been working on the infrastructure for Launchpad023. Everything declaratively configured because servers should be cattle not pets.

I've put it up on Codeberg if anyone wants to take a look.
https://codeberg.org/launchpad023/launchpad023-infra

@launchpad023

#kluctl #kustomize #metallb #talosLinux #selfhosting #kubernetes #envoy_gateway #externalsecrets #stalwart #JMAIL #haarlem

Kubernetes has ruined me because I saw someone saying they were "playing eso" and I assumed they meant external secrets operator and was confused as to how you could "play" it.

#k8s #kubernetes #externalsecrets

If you use both  Bitwarden and  Kubernetes and have a small project you want to keep secure, I wrote a helm chart for using Bitwarden with External Secrets Operator. This lets you get generate your k8s Secrets from Bitwarden Items. Had a lot of help from @cloudymax on this one, and I can say we're actually very stable on this one! 

https://github.com/small-hack/bitwarden-eso-provider

#bitwarden #k8s #kubernetes #externalsecrets #foss #helm

I am suffering from decision paralysis, because I have no idea if I should use #SOPS for my secrets or if it will be a better idea to use #ExternalSecrets with #Bitwarden #SecretsManager…
Any #DevOps engineers that are kind enough to help with advice?

#k8s #k3s #kubernetes #BitwardenSM #BitwardenSecretsManager

🔥 I recently integrated #hashicorp #Vault into #kubernetes and #gitops flows using #ExternalSecrets operator.

A thread about these fascinating cloud-native projects.

Here's how a GitOps flow with ExternalSecrets Operator and Vault could look like