# Distribute Credentials Securely Using Secrets — Create a Pod that has access to the secret data through a Volume

> Here is a configuration file you can use to create a Pod Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/pods/inject/secret-pod.yaml ``` Verify that your Pod is running Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatic

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## Knowledge

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Here is a configuration file you can use to create a Pod

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/pods/inject/secret-pod.yaml
```

Verify that your Pod is running

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl get pod secret-test-pod
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   NAME              READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   secret-test-pod   1/1       Running   0          42m
```

Get a shell into the Container that is running in your Pod

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl exec -i -t secret-test-pod -- /bin/bash
```

The secret data is exposed to the Container through a Volume mounted under /etc/secret-volume.

In your shell, list the files in the /etc/secret-volume directory

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   # Run this in the shell inside the container
   ls /etc/secret-volume
```

The output shows two files, one for each piece of secret data

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   password username
```

In your shell, display the contents of the username and password files

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   # Run this in the shell inside the container
   echo "$( cat /etc/secret-volume/username )"
   echo "$( cat /etc/secret-volume/password )"
```

The output is your username and password

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   my-app
   39528$vdg7Jb
```

Modify your image or command line so that the program looks for files in the mountPath directory. Each key in the Secret data map becomes a file name in this directory.

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