Linux Foundation Exam CKS Topic 1 Question 54 Discussion

Secrets stored in the etcd is not secure at rest, you can use the etcdctl command utility to find the secret value

for e.g:-

ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl get /registry/secrets/default/cks-secret --cacert="ca.crt" --cert="server.crt" --key="server.key"

Output

Using the Encryption Configuration, Create the manifest, which secures the resource secrets using the provider AES-CBC and identity, to encrypt the secret-data at rest and ensure all secrets are encrypted with the new configuration.