Configuring Applications in Kubernetes

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Configuring Applications in Kubernetes

Kubernetes offers tools to help you manage application configuration within your cluster. This lab will give you the opportunity to get hands-on with the process of configuring your Kubernetes apps.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Create a ConfigMap
Create a ConfigMap in the hive Namespace called honey-config.

Store the following data in the ConfigMap:
```
honey.cfg: |
  There is always money in the honey stand!
```
Challenge

Create a Secret
Create a Secret called hive-sec in the hive Namespace.

Store the following value in the Secret:
```
hiveToken: secretToken!
```
Note that you will need to base64-encode the secretToken! value.
Challenge

Modify the Deployment To Use the ConfigMap and Secret Data

In the hive Namespace, there is a Deployment called hive-mgr. Edit this Deployment so that the container is able to access the data from the ConfigMap and Secret.

For the Secret, provide the value of the hiveToken key to the container as an environment variable called TOKEN.

For the ConfigMap, load the data from the honey.cfg key using a mounted volume. The data should ultimately be accessible by the container at the path /config/honey.cfg.

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