Add separate k8s_secret_name_template, since Kubernetes secret names follow a different pattern than AWS secret names

config.example.yaml

@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ aws_account_id: "123456789012"
 # environment. Available placeholders: {namespace}, {env}.
 secret_name_template: "tf-{namespace}-{env}-secrets"
 
+# Builds the Kubernetes secret name from the chosen namespace. Kept as a
+# separate template from secret_name_template above because the AWS side
+# and the Kubernetes side commonly follow different naming conventions
+# (e.g. the Kubernetes secret is per-namespace only, without an env
+# segment, because each environment already has its own cluster).
+# Available placeholders: {namespace}.
+k8s_secret_name_template: "{namespace}-common-secrets"
+
 # Builds the actual kubectl context name/ARN from region, account ID, env,
 # and context. Available placeholders: {region}, {account_id}, {env},
 # {context}. Adjust the literal parts ("tf-", "-1", cluster naming, ARN

internal/config/config.go

@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	// namespace and env, e.g. "tf-{namespace}-{env}-secrets".
 	SecretNameTemplate string `yaml:"secret_name_template"`
 
+	// K8sSecretNameTemplate builds the Kubernetes secret name from a
+	// namespace, e.g. "{namespace}-common-secrets". Kept separate from
+	// SecretNameTemplate because the two sides commonly follow different
+	// naming conventions.
+	K8sSecretNameTemplate string `yaml:"k8s_secret_name_template"`
+
 	// ContextTemplate builds the actual kubectl context name/ARN from
 	// region, account_id, env, and context, e.g.
 	// "arn:aws:eks:{region}:{account_id}:cluster/tf-{env}-{context}-1".
@@ -96,6 +102,22 @@ func (c Config) ResolveSecretName(namespace, env string) string {
 	})
 }
 
+// ResolveK8sSecretName builds the Kubernetes secret name for a given
+// namespace using K8sSecretNameTemplate. Falls back to
+// SecretNameTemplate resolved without an env placeholder if
+// K8sSecretNameTemplate is not configured, so existing configs keep
+// working, though setting it explicitly is recommended since the two
+// naming conventions usually differ.
+func (c Config) ResolveK8sSecretName(namespace string) string {
+	template := c.K8sSecretNameTemplate
+	if template == "" {
+		template = c.SecretNameTemplate
+	}
+	return kctl.ResolveTemplate(template, map[string]string{
+		"namespace": namespace,
+	})
+}
+
 // DefaultPath returns the default config file location: ~/.kctl-tui/config.yaml
 func DefaultPath() (string, error) {
 	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ envs:
 aws_region: "eu-central-1"
 aws_account_id: "123456789012"
 secret_name_template: "tf-{namespace}-{env}-secrets"
+k8s_secret_name_template: "{namespace}-common-secrets"
 context_template: "arn:aws:eks:{region}:{account_id}:cluster/tf-{env}-{context}-1"
 team_label_key: "example.org/team"
 `)
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ team_label_key: "example.org/team"
 	if len(cfg.Contexts) != 2 || len(cfg.Envs) != 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected contexts/envs: %+v", cfg)
 	}
+	if cfg.K8sSecretNameTemplate != "{namespace}-common-secrets" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected k8s secret name template: %q", cfg.K8sSecretNameTemplate)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestEffectiveDefaultContext(t *testing.T) {
@@ -87,6 +91,24 @@ func TestResolveSecretName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResolveK8sSecretName_ExplicitTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := Config{K8sSecretNameTemplate: "{namespace}-common-secrets"}
+	got := cfg.ResolveK8sSecretName("example-ns")
+	want := "example-ns-common-secrets"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveK8sSecretName_FallsBackToSecretNameTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := Config{SecretNameTemplate: "tf-{namespace}-{env}-secrets"}
+	got := cfg.ResolveK8sSecretName("example-ns")
+	want := "tf-example-ns-{env}-secrets" // {env} intentionally left unresolved here
+	if got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoginCommand_DefaultsWhenUnset(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := Config{}
 	if got := cfg.LoginCommand(); got != DefaultAWSSSOLoginCommand {