Configs and Secrets

ConfigMaps and Kubernetes Secrets for managing configuration and sensitive data.

ConfigMaps store non-sensitive configuration data — feature flags, connection strings, application settings — as key-value pairs that workloads can consume as environment variables or mounted files.

Secrets store sensitive data such as passwords, API keys, and TLS certificates. Secrets are base64-encoded in Kubernetes and can be consumed by workloads in the same way as ConfigMaps.

ConfigMaps

Field	Description
Name	The ConfigMap name
Namespace	The Namespace this ConfigMap belongs to
Data	Key-value pairs of configuration data

Secrets

Field	Description
Name	The Secret name
Namespace	The Namespace this Secret belongs to
Type	The Secret type (e.g. Opaque, kubernetes.io/tls)
Data	Key-value pairs of sensitive data

Dependencies

ConfigMaps and Secrets require an Environment and a Namespace.