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title: Secrets Store CSI driver
description: Secrets Store CSI driver for Kubernetes secrets - Integrates secrets stores with Kubernetes via a CSI volume.
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  tagline: Secrets Store CSI driver for Kubernetes secrets - Integrates secrets stores with Kubernetes via a CSI volume.
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    - text: Source
      link: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/secrets-store-csi-driver
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    - text: Deployment Chart
      link: https://gitea.alexlebens.dev/alexlebens/infrastructure/src/branch/main/clusters/cl01tl/helm/secrets-store-csi-driver
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# Purpose

Provides a way to mount secrets from an external provider into a pod.

# Notes

Used with [OpenBao](https://docs.alexlebens.dev/applications/openbao/) to usually mount file secrets, such as json or yaml files.