In this first episode from the Azure Upstream open-source team, Ernest Wong and I discuss the origins of Azure AD Pod Identity, its limitations, and introduce the newer Azure Workload Identity project with live demos.
Learn about the Secrets Store CSI Driver and how it enables seamless integration between Kubernetes and external secret management systems like Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and HashiCorp Vault.
Achievement: This talk was ranked in the top 10 at KubeCon EU 2021 according to the CNCF Transparency Report.
The Secrets Store CSI Driver represents a paradigm shift in how Kubernetes applications consume secrets from external systems. This talk introduces the driver’s architecture, demonstrates its capabilities, and shows how it addresses common security challenges in cloud-native environments.