# Optional secret in extraSecretEnvironmentVars

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/optional-secret-in-extrasecretenvironmentvars/49475>\
**Category:** Vault\
**Tags:** k8s, vault\
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/optional-secret-in-extrasecretenvironmentvars/49475 "2023-01-30T09:42:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/optional-secret-in-extrasecretenvironmentvars/49475/1 "2023-01-30T09:42:37Z")

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I want to load k8s secret content while deploying vault helm chart but I do not want the deployment to fail if it does not exist. the extraSecretEnvironmentVars does not have the optional field. is there another way? Thanks