kubernetes config_error ai_generated true

Error: secret 'X' not found

ID: kubernetes/secret-not-found

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92%Fix Rate
92%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

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Root Cause

Pod references a secret that doesn't exist in the namespace.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Create the secret: kubectl create secret generic <name> --from-literal=key=value 
    kubectl create secret generic

    Sources: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#creating-a-secret

  2. 90% success Check namespace — secrets are namespace-scoped 
    kubectl get secrets -n <namespace>

    Sources: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/

  3. 82% success Use optional: true in volume mount to allow pod to start without the secret 
    true in volume mount to allow pod to start without the secret

    Sources: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#using-secrets-as-files-from-a-pod

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Create an empty secret as placeholder 60% fail

    May cause the app to fail with missing config values

Error Chain

Frequently confused with: