Creating a Kubernetes Secret for Storing Database Username and Password

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Creating a Kubernetes Secret for Storing Database Username and Password

To create a kubernetes secret for storing database username and password:

Create a yaml file with the username and password with the syntax shown below:
```
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: <secret-name>
type: Opaque
data:
  mysql-username: cGNmdXNy
  mysql-password: cGNmcGFzc3dk
```
Note:
The values for mysql-username and mysql-password should be base64 encoded.
Execute the following command to create the kubernetes secret:
```
kubectl create -f yaml_file_name -n namespace
```
where:
yaml_file_name is a name of the yaml file that is created in step 1.

namespace is the deployment namespace used by the helm command.

Note:

If namespace is not already present, create the namespace using the following command:

kubectl create ns namespace