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Microservices Secrets Management 101

Unit 2 Browser-Based Lab

How to Securely Manage Secrets in Containers

 

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Lab Overview

Estimated Duration: 30 minutes
Time Limit: 45 minutes
Tries Allowed: 3 attempts

In this lab, you’ll use a mix of Linux tools and secrets management systems to safely distribute and use JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication.

To get the most out of this lab, we recommend that you have a basic familiarity with the Linux command line, JavaScript, and Bash. It’s fine if you are not confident in some or all of these - all the code and commands will be provided along with explanations.