<p>It is not possible for a ConfigMap to reuse or import other ConfigMaps.</p>

<p>You can, however, have many deployments reuse the same ConfigMap. In this case, you should extract out the common configuration to a single ConfigMap and reuse it across deployments while still allowing each individual deployment to have their own specific config.</p>

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<p>Kubernetes already provides a way to manage configuration with ConfigMap.</p>

<p>However, I have a question/problem here.</p>

<p>If I have multiple applications with different needs deployed in Kubernetes, all these deployments might share and access some common config variables. Is it possible for ConfigMap to use a common config variable?  </p>

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Common config in Kubernetes ConfigMap
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# Common config in Kubernetes ConfigMap

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-16)

Kubernetes already provides a way to manage configuration with ConfigMap.

However, I have a question/problem here.

If I have multiple applications with different needs deployed in Kubernetes, all these deployments might share and access some common config variables. Is it possible for ConfigMap to use a common config variable?

**Tags:** kubernetes, configuration-management


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-19. Score: 1

It is not possible for a ConfigMap to reuse or import other ConfigMaps.

You can, however, have many deployments reuse the same ConfigMap. In this case, you should extract out the common configuration to a single ConfigMap and reuse it across deployments while still allowing each individual deployment to have their own specific config.


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