diff --git a/kustomize/infra/monitoring-extras/basic-auth-secret.yaml b/kustomize/infra/monitoring-extras/basic-auth-secret.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: monitoring-basic-auth
+  namespace: monitoring
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  users: mpabi:$apr1$3VTZDZlY$eWZ1Q2vnZz.JtY9wymuR61