Use a config in your workload ¶

This how-to guide shows you how to reference and use a config in your workload.

A config can be made available as environment variables or files, or both.

Prerequisites ¶

Add a reference to the config in the workload's nais.yaml manifest.
For a config named my-config, the manifest should contain these additional lines:
nais.yaml
```
spec:
  envFrom:
    - configmap: my-config
```
Commit and push the changes to version control, and deploy your workload as usual.
Each key-value pair is now available in your workload's runtime as an environment variable.
For example, for a key named SOME_KEY:
shell
```
SOME_KEY=some-value
```

Add a reference to the config in the workload's nais.yaml manifest.
For a config named my-config, the manifest should contain these additional lines:
nais.yaml
```
 spec:
   filesFrom:
    - configmap: my-config
      mountPath: /var/run/configmaps/my-config
```
Commit and push the changes to version control, and deploy your workload as usual.
Each key-value pair is now available as a file at the specified mount path, e.g:
shell
```
/var/run/configmaps/my-config/
```
For example, a key named some-key will be available as a file at the following path:
shell
```
/var/run/configmaps/my-config/some-key
```