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title: Vault Secrets Reloader announcement
tags: [secrets, cloud-native, vault, secret-management, vault-secrets-reloader, bank-vaults]

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Hi Team, just wanted to share the alpha release of another tool in the open-source Bank-Vaults ecosystem, which is the next building block to enhance secret injection into Kubernetes workloads along with our [mutating webhook](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook) and the [secret sync](https://github.com/bank-vaults/secret-sync) project announced not a long time ago:

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## 🎉 New Project - Vault Secrets Reloader 🎉

We are excited to announce the alpha release of [**Vault Secrets Reloader**](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-reloader), a Kubernetes Controller that reloads workloads on a referenced secret change in HashiCorp Vault.

**Vault Secret Reloader** can periodically check if a secret that is used in watched workloads has a new version in Hashicorp Vault, and if so, automatically “reloads” them by incrementing an annotation value, initiating a rollout for the workload’s pods. This controller is essentially a complementary to [_Vault Secrets Webhook_](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook), relying on it for actually injecting secrets into the pods of the affected workloads.

🌟 **Features**

* **Automated Secret Collection**: Collect secrets from Kubernetes workloads using a special annotation
* **Version-Based Secret Comparison**: Cross-reference the collected secrets with their corresponding versions in Vault and reload affected workloads
* **Tailored Scheduling**: Customize the frequency of collection and reloading intervals to fit custom requirements

To get familiarized, try out the Reloader locally with the help of our [guide](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-reloader/blob/main/README.md#trying-out-vault-secrets-reloader-locally) - you only need Docker to be installed!

❓ **What's next?**

We are actively working on adding new features to the Reloader. Check out our [issues page](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-reloader/issues) to see the new features we are working on.

🗣️ **We are looking for feedback!**

Your insights are crucial to us. You can support us with your feedback, bug reports, and feature requests by responding to this [announcement](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-reloader/discussions/48), or opening an [issue](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-reloader/issues).

This release offers already existing _Vault Secrets Webhook_ users an automated solution for injecting the latest version of their secrets into the pods, contributing to [Bank-Vaults's](https://github.com/bank-vaults) mission to simplify and enhance secret management in the Cloud Native ecosystem.

* [GitHub Project 🚀](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-reloader)
* [Discussion Board 💬](https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-reloader/discussions/48)