https://wachs.software/blog/Recent content in Posts on wachs.softwareHugoen-usSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wachs.software/blog/2026-05-17-homelab-secret-setup/Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wachs.software/blog/2026-05-17-homelab-secret-setup/<h1 id="managing-secrets-with-1password-and-external-secrets">Managing Secrets with 1Password and External Secrets</h1> <p>This guide walks through setting up automated secret management in Kubernetes using <a href="https://developer.1password.com/docs/connect/">1Password Connect</a> and the <a href="https://external-secrets.io/">External Secrets Operator</a>. Once configured, you can define <code>ExternalSecret</code> resources that reference items in your 1Password vault — the operator syncs them into native Kubernetes <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/">Secrets</a> automatically.</p> <h2 id="foreword">Foreword</h2> <p>This post has been adapted from <a href="https://rcwz.pl/2025-10-13-managing-secrets-with-1password-and-external-secrets/">this</a> source post by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/artur-rychlewicz/">Artur Rychlewicz</a>. I am very grateful for the post but had to adapt the contents for my own homelab setup. Steps to get the 1password operator and external-secrets to play together has been adapted from the source post.</p>