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# How To Change Nginx index.html in Kubernetes With Configmap
- URL: https://scriptcrunch.com/change-nginx-index-configmap/
- Published: 2022-08-29T05:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-23T08:56:00.000Z
- Author: Aswin Vijayan
- Tags: Kubernetes, #Migrated-1758801465347, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-09-25 11:57
In this [guide](https://scriptcrunch.com/tag/guides/), you will learn how to change the default index.html in [Kubernetes](https://scriptcrunch.com/tag/kubernetes/) Nginx deployment with an `index.html` file from the configmap.
Here is what we are going to do.
1. Create a config map with `index.html` file as data
2. Add the `index.html` configmap to the Nginx deployment as volume.
## Kubernetes Nginx index.html Configmap
If you take a look at the following configmap, under the data section, we are creating are adding a file index.html with custom HTML content.
Save the manifest as `index-html-configmap.yaml`
```
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: index-html-configmap
namespace: default
data:
index.html: |
Welcome
Hi! This is a configmap Index file