Welcome to Vault + External Secrets Course

Still hardcoding API keys in YAML? Let’s fix that—properly.

In this hands-on course, you’ll stand up a local HashiCorp Vault and wire it to Kubernetes with the External Secrets Operator (ESO) so your apps get secrets securely and automatically—no plaintext in Git, ever.

You’ll configure a versioned KV engine in Vault, connect Kubernetes via a ClusterSecretStore, and generate real Kubernetes Secrets from Vault data using ExternalSecret resources. Finally, you’ll load those secrets into a Pod to prove the whole flow works.

Why this course? You’ll see the results at every step—Vault paths, ESO syncs, refresh intervals, and live Pods consuming secrets—so the workflow clicks through hands-on feedback.

Ready to turn scattered secrets into a centralized, rotated, auditable setup? Let’s dive in!