Value of Kubernetes secret in environment variable seems incorrect - kubernetes

Question

I'm deploying a test application onto kubernetes on my local computer (minikube) and trying to pass database connection details into a deployment via environment variables.
I'm passing in these details using two methods - a ConfigMap and a Secret. The username (DB_USERNAME) and connection url (DB_URL) are passed via a ConfigMap, while the DB password is passed in as a secret (DB_PASSWORD).
My issue is that while the values passed via ConfigMap are fine, the DB_PASSWORD from the secret appears jumbled - like there's some encoding issue (see image below).
My deployment yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
labels:
app: nginx
name: nginx
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: nginx
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: nginx
spec:
containers:
- image: nginx
name: nginx
envFrom:
- configMapRef:
name: gweb-cm
- secretRef:
name: password
My ConfigMap and Secret yaml
apiVersion: v1
data:
DB_URL: jdbc:mysql://mysql/test?serverTimezone=UTC
DB_USERNAME: webuser
SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE: prod
SPRING_DDL_AUTO: create
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: gweb-cm
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: password
type: Generic
data:
DB_PASSWORD: test
Not sure if I'm missing something in my Secret definition?

Answer 1

The secret value should be base64 encoded. Instead of test, use the output of
echo -n 'test' | base64
P.S. the Secret's type should be Opaque, not Generic