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Map one Secret key to one variable.

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Section: Secrets

Read specific secret keys into env vars

yaml
yaml
env:
  - name: DATABASE_URL
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: app-secrets
        key: DATABASE_URL

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