# How to Verify if the ETCD Secrets Are Encrypted or Not?

## Problem

* How to verify if ETCD secrets are actually encrypted after configuring [ETCD secret encryption](https://platform9.com/docs/kubernetes/etcd-secrets-encryption)?

## Environment

* Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - v5.2 and above
* Kubernetes v1.20 and above
* Docker or Containerd

## Answer

* ETCD secret encryption can be verified with the help of `etcdctl` command line utility.
* ETCD secrets are stored at the path `/registry/secrets/$namespace/$secret` on the master node.
* The below command can be used to verify if the particular ETCD secret is encrypted or not.

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```javascript
# ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl get /registry/secrets/default/secret1 [...] | hexdump -C
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{% tab language="bash" title="Containerd" %}
# /opt/pf9/pf9-kube/bin/etcdctl --cacert=/etc/pf9/kube.d/certs/etcdctl/etcd/ca.crt --cert=/etc/pf9/kube.d/certs/etcdctl/etcd/request.crt --key=/etc/pf9/kube.d/certs/etcdctl/etcd/request.key  get /registry/secrets/default/secret1 [...] | hexdump -C
```

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