Mounting Arbitrary ConfigMaps in ECDs (3.2)

You can mount any ConfigMap into your ECD by using the extraConfigMapMounts list in the specification. This is useful if you want to customize the APL logging configuration for ECDs as described in Customizing APL Logging for ECDs (3.2).

To mount an arbitrary ConfigMap:

1. Create a ConfigMap in your Kubernetes cluster.
   Example - Creating a ConfigMap

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: my-config-map
   data:
     my-file.txt: |
       Hello world!

2. Create an ECD with a specification that contains an extraConfigMapMounts list.
   Example - Creating ECD with extraConfigMapMounts

   apiVersion: mz.digitalroute.com/v1alpha1
   kind: ECDeployment
   metadata:
     name: my-ecd
   spec:
     jvmArgs:
     - Xms512m
     - Xmx512m
     resources:
       limits:
         memory: 640Mi
       requests:
         memory: 640Mi
     extraConfigMapMounts:
     - configMapName: my-config-map
       mountPath: /mnt/my-config
       name: my-config-vol

The file specified in the ConfigMap will be available in /mnt/my-config/my-file.txt in the created EC pod.

If you want to inspect the ECD Pod specification, you can use the following kubectl command:

kubectl exec -it <EC Pod> -- ls -la /mnt/my-config

You can now see that an extra Volume is present:

  volumes:
  - configMap:
      defaultMode: 420
      name: my-config-map
    name: my-config-vol

and that an extra VolumeMount is present:

    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /mnt/my-config
      name: my-config-vol