Kubeseal Developer Guide
June 15, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Kubeseal component is a CLI tool that uses asymmetric crypto to encrypt secrets that only the controller can decrypt.
Download the Kubeseal source code
git clone https://github.com/bitnami/sealed-secrets.git $SEALED_SECRETS_DIR
The kubeseal sources are located under cmd/kubeseal/ and use packages from the pkg directory.
Building the kubeseal binary
make kubeseal
This builds the kubeseal binary in the working directory.
Running tests
To run the unit tests for kubeseal binary:
make test