Merge pull request #20738 from fml2/feature/Document-char-encoding-in-mapped-volumes

Document char encoding in mapped volumes
2020-05-08 19:37:51 -07:00
parent 0b9d33cbb0 d1ff4e7c12
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@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ A Container using a ConfigMap as a [subPath](#using-subpath) volume mount will n
 receive ConfigMap updates.
 {{< /note >}}

+{{< note >}}
+Text data is exposed as files using the UTF-8 character encoding. To use some other character encoding, use binaryData.
+{{< /note >}}
+
+
 ### downwardAPI {#downwardapi}

 A `downwardAPI` volume is used to make downward API data available to applications.
@@ -588,6 +588,10 @@ SPECIAL_TYPE
 If there are some files in the `/etc/config/` directory, they will be deleted.
 {{< /caution >}}

+{{< note >}}
+Text data is exposed as files using the UTF-8 character encoding. To use some other character encoding, use binaryData.
+{{< /note >}}
+
 ### Add ConfigMap data to a specific path in the Volume

 Use the `path` field to specify the desired file path for specific ConfigMap items.