How do you migrate from Kustomize to Secrets in Kubernetes?

Kustomize, Kubernetes, Secrets, Migrate, Configuration Management
Learn how to effectively migrate from Kustomize to Kubernetes Secrets for better configuration management and security in your Kubernetes clusters.
# Example of migrating a ConfigMap in Kustomize to a Kubernetes Secret

# Existing Kustomization.yaml using ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: example-config
data:
  database-url: "mysql://user:pass@hostname:3306/dbname"

# New Secret definition to replace ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: example-secret
type: Opaque
data:
  database-url: bXlzcWxzOi8vdXNlcjpwYXNzQGhvc3RuYW1lOjMwNjAvZGJuYW1l  # base64 encoded

# To apply this new Secret, you can use:
kubectl apply -f example-secret.yaml
    

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