Container Service for Kubernetes:Manage ConfigMaps

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

• An ACK managed cluster or ACK Serverless cluster. See Create an ACK managed cluster or Create an ACK Serverless cluster

Create a ConfigMap

1. Log on to the ACK consoleACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters.

2. Click the cluster name, then choose Configurations > ConfigMaps in the left-side navigation pane.

3. On the ConfigMap page, select the namespace where you want to create the ConfigMap.

4. Create the ConfigMap using one of the following methods: Method 1: Use the form editor Method 2: Use YAML

   1. In the upper-right corner, click Create.

   2. In the Create panel, enter a name for the ConfigMap.

      • The name can contain lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.). Other resources reference this name to access the ConfigMap.

   3. Click + Add, enter a key and a value, then click OK.

      • To populate the ConfigMap from a file, click Import to import a JSON file instead.

   4. In the upper-right corner, click Create from YAML.

   5. In the Sample Template drop-down list, select one of the following options:

      Option	Description
      Custom	Write the ConfigMap directly in YAML syntax
      Resource - ConfigMap	Start from a pre-filled template named aliyun-config that includes sample files game.properties and ui.properties. Modify it to fit your needs.

   6. Click Create.

Manage ConfigMaps

After creating a ConfigMap, perform the following operations on the ConfigMap page:

What's next

To use a ConfigMap in a Pod — as an environment variable, a command-line argument, or a mounted configuration file — see Configure a pod to use a ConfigMap.