i d like to generate random passwords gt store in a kubernet

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i d like to generate random passwords gt store in a kubernetes secret gt and read those in subsequent `pulumi up` runs i tried using `k8s core v1 Secret get` but its hard failing due to <https github com pulumi pulumi issues 3364| 3364> It seems that if I just have a normal Secret resource everytime my code `up`s it just generates new random passwords Has anyone successfully done something like this

high-grass-3103 · Answer

I use pulumi random with keeper param

quiet-wolf-18467 · Answer

Can you share your code Are you including the namespace in the resource name

square-car-84996 · Answer

< quiet wolf 18467> the issue is the get fails on an initial run my hope is to create the secret if it doesn t exist or get it and the contents as outputs if it does and reuse the contents Essentially using kubernetes secrets as pulumi secrets but with the added step of creating the random values if it doesn t

square-car-84996 · Answer

< high grass 3103> i will look into the random RandomPassword w keepers but i was hoping to not have the RNG seeded with anything so the only way to know the password is to have access to the k8s secret

quiet-wolf-18467 · Answer

< square car 84996> The query API might be better suited for that

quiet-wolf-18467 · Answer

but IMO that workflow seems dangerous I d probably use `pulumi import` to bring the secret under Pulumi management

square-car-84996 · Answer

< quiet wolf 18467> it would ideally be initially created by pulumi i just want the ability to pull existing values if they exist and create them if they don t

square-car-84996 · Answer

i will look into the Query API

square-car-84996 · Answer

the query api looks pretty simple much easier than the standard APIs i use for various k8s automations