https://theithollow.com/tags/configmaps/ Recent content in Configmaps on The IT Hollow Hugo en-us Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:00:40 +0000 https://theithollow.com/2019/02/20/kubernetes-configmaps/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:00:40 +0000 https://theithollow.com/2019/02/20/kubernetes-configmaps/ <p>Sometimes you need to add additional configurations to your running containers. Kubernetes has an object to help with this and this post will cover those ConfigMaps.</p> <h2 id="configmaps---the-theory">ConfigMaps - The Theory</h2> <p>Not all of our applications can be as simple as the basic nginx containers we&rsquo;ve deployed earlier in <a href="https://theithollow.com/2019/01/26/getting-started-with-kubernetes/">this series</a>. In some cases, we need to pass configuration files, variables, or other information to our apps.</p> <p>The theory for this post is pretty simple, ConfigMaps store key/value pair information in an object that can be retrieved by your containers. This configuration data can make your applications more portable.</p>