Flux CD Updates Kubernetes ConfigMaps Without Redeploy

In Feb 2026, the article explains using Flux CD to manage environment variables for Kubernetes applications by storing ConfigMaps and encrypted Secrets in a GitLab repository. It shows adding envFrom to deployments and installing the Reloader operator to restart pods when ConfigMaps/Secrets change, enabling configuration updates to take effect within minutes without rebuilding Helm charts or redeploying images.
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