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Kubernetes JSONPath and Kustomize Cheat Sheet/Generate configmap YAML dry-run

Generate YAML that can be committed into Kustomize overlays.

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Section: Kustomize with kubectl

Generate configmap YAML dry-run

bash
bash
kubectl create configmap app-config --from-file=app.env -o yaml --dry-run=client
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Generate YAML that can be committed into Kustomize overlays.

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