Kubernetes YAML Config and Secrets/Create Secret from literals

Generate a Secret without hand-editing YAML.

Section: Secrets

Create Secret from literals

bash
bash
kubectl create secret generic app-secrets --from-literal=API_KEY=replace-me

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