# Configure a Pod to Use a ConfigMap — Create the ConfigMap

> kubectl create configmap game-config --from-file=configure-pod-container/configmap/ Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text The above command packages each file, in this case, `game.properties` and `ui.properties` in the `configure-pod-container/configmap/` direct

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kubectl create configmap game-config --from-file=configure-pod-container/configmap/

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
The above command packages each file, in this case, `game.properties` and `ui.properties`
in the `configure-pod-container/configmap/` directory into the game-config ConfigMap. You can
display details of the ConfigMap using the following command:
```

kubectl describe configmaps game-config

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
The output is similar to this:
```

Name: game-config Namespace: default Labels: Annotations

Data game.properties: enemies=aliens lives=3 enemies.cheat=true enemies.cheat.level=noGoodRotten secret.code.passphrase=UUDDLRLRBABAS secret.code.allowed=true secret.code.lives=30 ui.properties: color.good=purple color.bad=yellow allow.textmode=true how.nice.to.look=fairlyNice

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
The `game.properties` and `ui.properties` files in the `configure-pod-container/configmap/`
directory are represented in the `data` section of the ConfigMap.
```

kubectl get configmaps game-config -o yaml

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
The output is similar to this:
```

apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: creationTimestamp: 2022-02-18T18:52:05Z name: game-config namespace: default resourceVersion: "516" uid: b4952dc3-d670-11e5-8cd0-68f728db1985 data: game.properties: | enemies=aliens lives=3 enemies.cheat=true enemies.cheat.level=noGoodRotten secret.code.passphrase=UUDDLRLRBABAS secret.code.allowed=true secret.code.lives=30 ui.properties: | color.good=purple color.bad=yellow allow.textmode=true how.nice.to.look=fairlyNice

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