Mount / copy a file from host to Pod in kubernetes using minikube - kubernetes

Question

I'm writing a kubectl configuration to start an image and copy a file to the container.
I need the file Config.yaml in the / so /Config.yaml needs to be a valid file.
I need that file in the Pod before it starts, so kubectl cp does not work.
I have the Config2.yaml in my local folder, and I'm starting the pod like:
kubectl apply -f pod.yml
Here follows my pod.yml file.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: python
spec:
containers:
- name: python
image: mypython
volumeMounts:
- name: config
mountPath: /Config.yaml
volumes:
- name: config
hostPath:
path: Config2.yaml
type: File
If I try to use like this it also fails:
- name: config-yaml
mountPath: /
subPath: Config.yaml
#readOnly: true

Answer 1

If you just need the information contained in the config.yaml to be present in the pod from the time it is created, use a configMap instead.
Create a configMap that contains all the data stored in the config.yaml and mount that into the correct path in the pod. This would not work for read/write, but works wonderfully for read-only data

Answer 2

You can try postStart lifecycle handler here to validate the file before pod starts.
Please refer here
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
creationTimestamp: null
labels:
run: nginx
name: nginx
spec:
containers:
- image: nginx
name: nginx
resources: {}
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: /config.yaml
name: config
lifecycle:
postStart:
exec:
command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "apt update && apt install yamllint -y && yamllint /config.yaml"]
volumes:
- name: config
hostPath:
path: /tmp/config.yaml
type: File
dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
restartPolicy: Never
status: {}
If config.yaml is invalid. Pod won't start.