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remote.kubernetes.secret

Open source

remote.kubernetes.secret

remote.kubernetes.secret reads a Secret from the Kubernetes API server and exposes its data for other components to consume.

A common use case for this is loading credentials or other information from secrets that are not already mounted into the Grafana Agent pod at deployment time.

Usage

remote.kubernetes.secret "LABEL" {
  namespace = "NAMESPACE_OF_SECRET"
  name = "NAME_OF_SECRET"
}

Arguments

The following arguments are supported:

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`namespace`	`string`	Kubernetes namespace containing the desired Secret.		yes
`name`	`string`	Name of the Kubernetes Secret		yes
`poll_frequency`	`duration`	Frequency to poll the Kubernetes API.	`"1m"`	no
`poll_timeout`	`duration`	Timeout when polling the Kubernetes API.	`"15s"`	no

When this component performs a poll operation, it requests the Secret data from the Kubernetes API. A poll is triggered by the following:

When the component first loads.
Every time the component’s arguments get re-evaluated.
At the frequency specified by the poll_frequency argument.

Any error while polling will mark the component as unhealthy. After a successful poll, all data is exported with the same field names as the source Secret.

Blocks

The following blocks are supported inside the definition of remote.kubernetes.secret:

Hierarchy	Block	Description	Required
client	client	Configures Kubernetes client used to find Probes.	no
client > basic_auth	basic_auth	Configure basic authentication to the Kubernetes API.	no
client > authorization	authorization	Configure generic authorization to the Kubernetes API.	no
client > oauth2	oauth2	Configure OAuth2 for authenticating to the Kubernetes API.	no
client > oauth2 > tls_config	tls_config	Configure TLS settings for connecting to the Kubernetes API.	no
client > tls_config	tls_config	Configure TLS settings for connecting to the Kubernetes API.	no

The > symbol indicates deeper levels of nesting. For example, client > basic_auth refers to a basic_auth block defined inside a client block.

client block

The client block configures the Kubernetes client used to discover Probes. If the client block isn’t provided, the default in-cluster configuration with the service account of the running Grafana Agent pod is used.

The following arguments are supported:

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`api_server`	`string`	URL of the Kubernetes API server.		no
`kubeconfig_file`	`string`	Path of the `kubeconfig` file to use for connecting to Kubernetes.		no
`bearer_token_file`	`string`	File containing a bearer token to authenticate with.		no
`bearer_token`	`secret`	Bearer token to authenticate with.		no
`enable_http2`	`bool`	Whether HTTP2 is supported for requests.	`true`	no
`follow_redirects`	`bool`	Whether redirects returned by the server should be followed.	`true`	no
`proxy_url`	`string`	HTTP proxy to send requests through.		no
`no_proxy`	`string`	Comma-separated list of IP addresses, CIDR notations, and domain names to exclude from proxying.		no
`proxy_from_environment`	`bool`	Use the proxy URL indicated by environment variables.	`false`	no
`proxy_connect_header`	`map(list(secret))`	Specifies headers to send to proxies during CONNECT requests.		no

At most, one of the following can be provided:

bearer_token argument.
bearer_token_file argument.
basic_auth block.
authorization block.
oauth2 block.

no_proxy can contain IPs, CIDR notations, and domain names. IP and domain names can contain port numbers. proxy_url must be configured if no_proxy is configured.

proxy_from_environment uses the environment variables HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY (or the lowercase versions thereof). Requests use the proxy from the environment variable matching their scheme, unless excluded by NO_PROXY. proxy_url and no_proxy must not be configured if proxy_from_environment is configured.

proxy_connect_header should only be configured if proxy_url or proxy_from_environment are configured.

basic_auth block

Name	Type	Description	Required
`password_file`	`string`	File containing the basic auth password.	no
`password`	`secret`	Basic auth password.	no
`username`	`string`	Basic auth username.	no

password and password_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside a basic_auth block.

authorization block

Name	Type	Description	Required
`credentials_file`	`string`	File containing the secret value.	no
`credentials`	`secret`	Secret value.	no
`type`	`string`	Authorization type, for example, “Bearer”.	no

credential and credentials_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside an authorization block.

oauth2 block

Name	Type	Description	Required
`client_id`	`string`	OAuth2 client ID.	no
`client_secret_file`	`string`	File containing the OAuth2 client secret.	no
`client_secret`	`secret`	OAuth2 client secret.	no