Configurations and Secrets

Overview¶

All configurations and secrets (config files, service accounts keys, database connection strings, API keys, etc.) applied to any Application in an Environment can be managed centrally through the Platformer Console.

Creating a Config¶

Environments > Select an Environment
Environment Settings > Configs Tab
Click Create
Fill in the fields
- Name* - this will be the name of your Configmap. The kubernetes resource will get created with the same name.
- Configuration Type
  
  There are 3 Configuration types here.
  - K-V Map
    
    K-V Map stands for a Key Value Map. You can manually add key value pairs or even import a .env file. An example of a .env file is given below.
```
foo=bar
hello=world
```
  - Config File
    
    Config files allow you to browse and mount a file as a configmap in Kubernetes, which can be injected as a file into an application later.
  - Directory
    
    Directory allows you to mount folders as configs in Kubernetes.

Versioning¶

Configurations and Secrets created through the Console will automatically be versioned. You can easily rollback or compare older versions in-browser through the Console. (Comparisons are only available for Configurations and not Secrets).

Important

You can rollback only upto 10 revisions.

Re-using configurations¶

Platformer allows Configurations to be re-used between multiple Applications in the same Environment if required.

Any changes made to the configurations will be versioned and synchronized across all clusters and applications in that Environment.

Choosing between Configurations and Secrets¶

Configurations are viewable and editable once created.
Secrets are “create/replace” only and cannot be viewed or edited once created. However secrets are also versioned and can be rolled back if required.

	Kubernetes resource	Viewable	Editable	Versioned
Configurations	ConfigMaps
Secrets	Secrets		Update only