Kubernetes: modify a secret using kubectl?

Question

How can I modify the values in a Kubernetes secret using kubectl?

I created the secret with kubernetes create secret generic, but t

Answer 1

The fastest way I found:

# You need a version of micro that includes this commit https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/commit/9e8d76f2fa91463be660737d1de3bff61258c90d
kubectl get secrets my-secret -o json | jq -r .data.config | base64 -d | micro | base64 -w 0 | xclip -selection clipboard && kubectl edit secrets my-secret

Answer 2

I implemented a kubectl plugin just for this.

To install using krew

kubectl krew update
kubectl krew install modify-secret

To run it

kubectl modify-secret xyz -n kube-system

Demo

<img src="https://github.com/rajatjindal/kubectl-modify-secret/raw/master/demo/usage.gif" alt="using kubectl-modify-secret plugin" style="max-width:100%;">