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# Basic Secret Injection
In order for us to start using secrets in vault, we need to setup a policy.
```
#Create a role for our app
kubectl -n vault-example exec -it vault-example-0 vault write auth/kubernetes/role/basic-secret-role \
bound_service_account_names=basic-secret \
bound_service_account_namespaces=vault-example \
policies=basic-secret-policy \
ttl=1h
```
The above maps our Kubernetes service account, used by our pod, to a policy.
Now lets create the policy to map our service account to a bunch of secrets
```
kubectl -n vault-example exec -it vault-example-0 sh
cat <<EOF > /home/vault/app-policy.hcl
path "secret/basic-secret/*" {
capabilities = ["read"]
}
EOF
vault policy write basic-secret-policy /home/vault/app-policy.hcl
exit
```
Now our service account for our pod can access all secrets under `secret/basic-secret/*`
Lets create some secrets.
```
kubectl -n vault-example exec -it vault-example-0 sh
vault secrets enable -path=secret/ kv
vault kv put secret/basic-secret/helloworld username=dbuser password=sUp3rS3cUr3P@ssw0rd
exit
```