External Secrets Operator: Example of ExternalSecret

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	# Example 1: Get all values from an external secret
	apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
	kind: ExternalSecret
	metadata:
	name: all-keys-example
	spec:
	refreshInterval: 1h
	secretStoreRef:
	kind: SecretStore
	name: my-secret-store
	dataFrom:
	- key: my-secret


	# This ExternalSecret will fetch all of the key-value pairs from the my-secret secret in the my-secret-store SecretStore and create a Kubernetes Secret with the same data.

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	# Example 2: Get specific values from an external secret

	apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
	kind: ExternalSecret
	metadata:
	name: specific-keys-example
	spec:
	refreshInterval: 1h
	secretStoreRef:
	kind: SecretStore
	name: my-secret-store
	dataFrom:
	- key: my-secret
	keys:
	- username
	- password

	# This ExternalSecret will fetch the username and password keys from the my-secret secret in the my-secret-store SecretStore and create a Kubernetes Secret with the same data.

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	# Example 3: Get values from an external secret and rewrite the keys

	apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
	kind: ExternalSecret
	metadata:
	name: rewrite-keys-example
	spec:
	refreshInterval: 1h
	secretStoreRef:
	kind: SecretStore
	name: my-secret-store
	dataFrom:
	- key: my-secret
	rewrite:
	- regexp:
	source: "path/to/my/secrets/(.*)"
	target: "$1"

	# This ExternalSecret will fetch all of the key-value pairs from the my-secret secret in the my-secret-store SecretStore and create a Kubernetes Secret with the same data, but the keys will be rewritten by removing the path/to/my/secrets/ prefix.

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	# Example 4: Get values from multiple external secrets

	apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
	kind: ExternalSecret
	metadata:
	name: multiple-secrets-example
	spec:
	refreshInterval: 1h
	dataFrom:
	- key: my-secret-1
	secretStoreRef:
	kind: SecretStore
	name: my-secret-store-1
	- key: my-secret-2
	secretStoreRef:
	kind: SecretStore
	name: my-secret-store-2

	# This ExternalSecret will fetch the my-secret-1 secret from the my-secret-store-1 SecretStore and the my-secret-2 secret from the my-secret-store-2 SecretStore and create a Kubernetes Secret with the combined data.

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	# Example 5: Get values from an external secret and specify the target Secret type


	apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
	kind: ExternalSecret
	metadata:
	name: target-secret-type-example
	spec:
	refreshInterval: 1h
	secretStoreRef:
	kind: SecretStore
	name: my-secret-store
	dataFrom:
	- key: my-secret
	target:
	type: Opaque

	# This ExternalSecret will fetch the my-secret secret from the my-secret-store SecretStore and create a Kubernetes Secret with the same data, but the Secret type will be Opaque instead of the default Opaque.

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