# Configure a Pod to Use a ConfigMap — Create a kustomization.yaml file with ConfigMapGenerator

> cat ./kustomization.yaml configMapGenerator: name: game-config-4 options: labels: game-config: config-4 files: configure-pod-container/configmap/game.properties EOF Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text Apply the kustomization directory to create the ConfigMap o

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cat ./kustomization.yaml configMapGenerator: name: game-config-4 options: labels: game-config: config-4 files: configure-pod-container/configmap/game.properties EOF

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Apply the kustomization directory to create the ConfigMap object:
```

configmap/game-config-4-m9dm2f92bt created

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
You can check that the ConfigMap was created like this:
```

NAME DATA AGE game-config-4-m9dm2f92bt 1 37s

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
and also:
```

kubectl describe configmaps/game-config-4-m9dm2f92bt

Name: game-config-4-m9dm2f92bt Namespace: default Labels: game-config=config-4 Annotations: kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: {"apiVersion":"v1","data":{"game.properties":"enemies=aliens\nlives=3\nenemies.cheat=true\nenemies.cheat.level=noGoodRotten\nsecret.code.p...

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 Events

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Notice that the generated ConfigMap name has a suffix appended by hashing the contents. This
ensures that a new ConfigMap is generated each time the content is modified.
```

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