Kubernetes Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published Jan 22, 2026 4 min read

Secret Rotation in K8s

Secrets in K8s rotate. The discipline.

Source

External Secrets Operator pulling from Vault/AWS SM.

Source-of-truth outside K8s.

Pod restarts on secret change OR app reloads gracefully.

Choose by app capability.

Rotation log. Last rotated date per secret.

Compliance trail.