You have two choices when managing Kubernetes configurations:
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Originally created by and contributed to the stakater organization, Reloader has become a standard tool in over 10,000 production clusters worldwide. It is regularly maintained, supports Kubernetes 1.19+ through 1.28+, and has a small, auditable codebase (written in Go). It is regularly maintained, supports Kubernetes 1
When you mount a ConfigMap or Secret as a volume in a pod, Kubernetes updates the files inside the pod eventually (thanks to the kubelet sync period). However, the processes inside the container (like a Node.js app or a JVM) do not automatically reload these files. They load the configuration at startup and never look back. They load the configuration at startup and never look back
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