GitOps Secrets with Argo CD, Hashicorp Vault and the External Secret Operator
Teams adopting GitOps often ask how to use secrets with Argo CD. The official Argo CD page about secrets is unopinionated by design and simply lists a set of projects that can help you with secrets. We’ve seen several approaches to secret management. These include sealed secrets, the Argo CD Vault plugin, and the External Secret Operator. In this post, we showcase the External Secret Operator and Hashicorp Vault and focus on 2 important aspects.