echo "Creating the gitlab-registry secret ..."
    # Save the JSON to create the gitlab-registry docker-registry secret
    GITLAB_REGISTRY_SECRET_JSON=$(
      kubectl create secret --namespace=$KUBE_NAMESPACE \
                            docker-registry gitlab-registry \
                            --docker-server="$CI_REGISTRY" \
                            --docker-username="${CI_DEPLOY_USER:-$CI_REGISTRY_USER}" \
                            --docker-password="${CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD:-$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" \
                            --docker-email="$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL" \
                            --output json \
                            --dry-run
    )