Configuring secure node access from your pod Steps Create your ssh key ssh-keygen -t rsa Copy the public key to your node ssh-copy-id -i ~/<pub-key-file> <username>@<host> Create your k8s secret kubectl create secret generic migoperator-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey=/path/to/.ssh/id_rsa --from-file=ssh-publickey=/path/to/.ssh/id_rsa.pub