How to use AWS Secrets Manager and ABAC for enhanced secrets management in Amazon EKS
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This article explains how to use AWS Secrets Manager and attribute-based access control (ABAC) for enhanced secrets management in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
Specifically, the article covers:
- What is ABAC and how it works with AWS resources and tags
- How External Secrets Operator (ESO) integrates Secrets Manager with Kubernetes
- The architecture overview for implementing ABAC with EKS and Secrets Manager
- Prerequisites for setting up the solution
- Detailed step-by-step guide to deploy the solution, including creating IAM roles, Secrets Manager secrets, and ESO objects in the EKS cluster
- Comparison with AWS Secrets and Configuration Provider (ASCP) and its limitations
- Conclusion highlighting the benefits of using ABAC with EKS and Secrets Manager
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