Restart pods when configmap updates in Kubernetes?

Question

How do I automatically restart Kubernetes pods and pods associated with deployments when their configmap is changed/updated?

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Answer 1

The best way I've found to do it is run Reloader

It allows you to define configmaps or secrets to watch, when they get updated, a rolling update of your deployment is performed. Here's an example:

You have a deployment foo and a ConfigMap called foo-configmap. You want to roll the pods of the deployment every time the configmap is changed. You need to run Reloader with:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stakater/Reloader/master/deployments/kubernetes/reloader.yaml

Then specify this annotation in your deployment:

kind: Deployment
metadata:
  annotations:
    configmap.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "foo-configmap"
  name: foo
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