# Kubectl create secret generic okteto-cloud-secret fails not found but okteto namespace create: reserved?

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**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/kubectl-create-secret-generic-okteto-cloud-secret-fails-not-found-but-okteto-namespace-create-reserved/374 "2022-11-24T02:59:00Z")\
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kubectl create secret generic okteto-cloud-secret --namespace=okteto --from-literal=key=STORAGE\_ACCOUNT\_ACCESS\_KEY

error: failed to create secret namespaces “okteto” not found

But okteto namespace create okteto

x The namespace ‘okteto’ is reserved by okteto

So how do we proceed with secret creation?