Kubernetes: Preparing for the CKA and CKAD Certifications

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6. Configuring Applications

Philippe Martin¹  

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Gif-sur-Yvette, France

 

An application can be configured in different ways:

• By passing arguments to the command

• By defining environment variables

• Using configuration files

Arguments to the Command

We have seen in Chapter 5, section “Container Specs,” that we can define the arguments of the command with the Args field of the Container spec.

It is not possible to define the arguments of the command imperatively by using the kubectl command run or create.

Depending on the definition of the image, it is possible you have to also specify the Command value ...