File size limit for ConfigMaps

ConfigMaps have a size limit of 1MiB.

• Options for ConfigMaps:
• If the ConfigMap size is smaller, you can reference the content without compression as data (in plaintext).
• If the ConfigMap size is larger, you can reference a .zstd, .gzip or .zip compressed file in a Base64 string as binaryData.

Using the binaryData option creates overhead and requires more resources due to the decoding and uncompression process. We recommend using compression only if the ConfigMap file size exceeds the limit.

• API reference:
• CR GraphQL reference documentation
• CR OpenAPI reference documentation

• Internal links:
• CR GraphQL
• CR OpenAPI