Get Started - Starter Kit

Welcome to External Secrets Enterprise! This guide will walk you through the process of setting up a local environment to try out the product.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following tools installed:

Installation

1. Create a Kubernetes cluster

2. Install External Secrets Enterprise

Now, let’s install the External Secrets Enterprise bundle using our Helm chart. This chart includes all the necessary components, including the web UI.

The installation bundle is for a Trial License, which is available at https://externalsecrets.com/trial-license. By installing this bundle, you agree to the license terms.

helm install esi-bundle \
    --namespace esi-bundle \
    --create-namespace \
    --set global.trialLicenseAccepted=true \
    --set global.waitForReady=true \
    --timeout 10m \
    oci://oci.externalsecrets.com/external-secrets-inc-registry/public/charts/esi-bundle

The Helm installation will wait until everything is up and running. This can take up to 10 minutes due to image downloads.You can disable this behavior by setting global.waitForReady=false.

This command installs the esi-bundle chart and all its dependencies, including an ingress controller.

3. Access the Web UI

To access the web UI, you need to port-forward the Traefik service that was installed as part of the bundle. Traefik is used as an Ingress controller to expose the UI.

kubectl port-forward -n traefik svc/traefik 8080:80

Now you can access the UI by opening http://ui.external-secrets.127.0.0.1.sslip.io:8080 in your browser.

Next Steps

Now that you have External Secrets Enterprise up and running, you can start exploring its features. Head over to our Workflows Tutorial to see some use cases and learn how to get the most out of the product.

External Secrets Enterprise

​Prerequisites

​Installation

​Next Steps

Prerequisites

Installation

Next Steps