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Kubernetes YAML Config and Secrets/ConfigMap with file-like content

Mount application config files from YAML.

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Section: ConfigMaps

ConfigMap with file-like content

yaml
yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: nginx-config
data:
  default.conf: |
    server {
      listen 80;
      location / {
        proxy_pass http://api:8080;
      }
    }

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