Kubernetes ConfigMaps are a convenient way to encapsulate configuration values into a named resource and then access those values in your application as environment variables. Creating these resources, however, is typically a manual process, requiring either manually writing YAML or ingesting directories or files containing the values. Today, the most recent version of Environr’s CLI added support for a new output format: kubernetes-configmap. Invoking the CLI tool with the kubernetes-configmap outputter generates a Kubernetes ConfigMap with the same name as the Environr configuration set.
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As a DevOps architect you hold the responsibility of keeping your tooling as simple as possible for your own benefit as well as others. Simple architectures hold less technical debt, require less cognitive load to understand, and have less moving parts to break. Kubernetes Kubernetes is a powerful open-source container orchestration platform that’s gained a lot of popularity over the past few years and for any non-trivial software projects, it’s a solid investment.
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