Creating ConfigMaps from files in Kubernetes - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to create a ConfigMap named my-config from the file app.properties.

Kubernetes

kubectl create configmap my-config --from-file=[1]

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Aapp.properties

Bapp.yaml

Csettings.txt

Dconfig.json

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a wrong filename that does not exist.

Confusing file extensions.

The --from-file option takes the filename to create the ConfigMap from. Here, app.properties is the correct file.

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medium

Complete the command to create a ConfigMap named config-map from multiple files in the directory config/.

Kubernetes

kubectl create configmap config-map --from-file=[1]

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Aconfig.yaml

Bconfigs/

Cconfig/

Dconfigmap.yaml

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a wrong directory name.

Using a single file name instead of a directory.

Using --from-file=config/ includes all files in the config/ directory into the ConfigMap.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to create a ConfigMap named app-config from the file settings.conf.

Kubernetes

kubectl create configmap app-config --from-file=[1]

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Asetting.conf

Bsettings.conf.json

Csettings.conf.yaml

Dsettings.conf

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Misspelling the file name.

Adding extra extensions like .yaml or .json.

The file name must exactly match the existing file. Here, settings.conf is correct.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a ConfigMap named multi-config from two files: db.conf and app.conf.

Kubernetes

kubectl create configmap multi-config --from-file=[1] --from-file=[2]

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Adb.conf

Bapp.conf

Cdatabase.conf

Dapplication.conf

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect file names.

Trying to combine files in one --from-file option.

Use --from-file=db.conf and --from-file=app.conf to include both files in the ConfigMap.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a ConfigMap named full-config from files frontend.conf, backend.conf, and database.conf.

Kubernetes

kubectl create configmap full-config --from-file=[1] --from-file=[2] --from-file=[3]

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Afrontend.conf

Bbackend.conf

Cdatabase.conf

Dconfig.yaml

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong file names.

Trying to list multiple files in one --from-file option.

Each --from-file option should specify one of the files to include in the ConfigMap.