We are using secret as environment variables on pod, but every time we have updated on secrets, we are redeploying the pods to take changes effect. We are looking for a mechanism where Pods get restarted automatically whenever secrets gets updated. Any help on this?
Thanks in advance.
One way is to use an operator provided by VMware carvel kapp controller (documentation), using kapp controller you can reload the secrets/ configmap without needing to restart the pods (which effectively runs helm template <package> on a periodic basis and applies the changes if it founds any differences in helm template), check out my design for reloading the log level without needing to restart the pod.