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assignees:
- jpeeler
- pmorie
title: Configuring a Pod to Use a Projected Volume for Storage
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- "/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/projected-volume/"
- "/docs/user-guide/projected-volume/"
- "/docs/user-guide/projected-volume/index.html"
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This page shows how to use a [`projected`](/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#projected) volume to mount several existing volume sources into the same directory. Currently, `secret`, `configMap`, and `downwardAPI` volumes can be projected.
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## Configure a projected volume for a pod

In this exercise, you create username and password Secrets from local files. You then create a Pod that runs one Container, using a [`projected`](/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#projected) Volume to mount the Secrets into the same shared directory.

Here is the configuration file for the Pod:

{% include code.html language="yaml" file="projected-volume.yaml" ghlink="/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/projected-volume.yaml" %}

1. Create the Secrets:

        # Create files containing the username and password:
        echo -n "admin" > ./username.txt
        echo -n "1f2d1e2e67df" > ./password.txt

        # Package these files into secrets:
        kubectl create secret generic user --from-file=./username.txt
        kubectl create secret generic pass --from-file=./password.txt

1. Create the Pod:

        kubectl create -f projected-volume.yaml

1. Verify that the Pod's Container is running, and then watch for changes to
the Pod:

        kubectl get --watch pod test-projected-volume

    The output looks like this:

        NAME                    READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
        test-projected-volume   1/1       Running   0          14s

1. In another terminal, get a shell to the running Container:

        kubectl exec -it test-projected-volume -- /bin/sh

1. In your shell, verify that the `projected-volumes` directory contains your projected sources:

        / # ls projected-volumes/
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* Learn more about [`projected`](/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#projected) volumes.
* Read the the [all-in-one volume](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/{{page.githubbranch}}/contributors/design-proposals/all-in-one-volume.md) design document.
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