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Helm chart restart pods when configmap changes


I am trying to restart the pods when there is a confimap or secret change. I have tried the same piece of code as described in: https://github.com/helm/helm/blob/master/docs/charts_tips_and_tricks.md#automatically-roll-deployments-when-configmaps-or-secrets-change However, after updating the configmap, my pod does not get restarted. Would you have any idea what could has been done wrong here?

apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: {{ template "app.fullname" . }}
  labels:
    app: {{ template "app.name" . }}
    {{- include "global_labels" . | indent 4 }}
spec:
  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: {{ template "app.name" . }}
      release: {{ .Release.Name }}
  template:
    metadata:
      annotations:
        checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yml") . | sha256sum }}
        checksum/secret: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/secret.yml") . | sha256sum }}

Solution

  • Neither Helm nor Kubernetes provide a specific rolling update for a ConfigMap change. The workaround has been for a while is to just patch the deployment which triggers the rolling update:

    kubectl patch deployment your-deployment -n your-namespace -p '{"spec":{"template":{"metadata":{"annotations":{"date":"$(date)"}}}}}'
    

    And you can see the status:

    kubectl rollout status deployment your-deployment
    

    Note this works on a nix machine. This is until this feature is added.

    Update 05/05/2021

    Helm and kubectl provide this now:

    Helm: https://helm.sh/docs/howto/charts_tips_and_tricks/#automatically-roll-deployments

    kubectl: kubectl rollout restart deploy WORKLOAD_NAME