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Update servicemesh.yml to use the io.l5d.k8s.configMap

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
kubernetes

Research direction

Start with k8s-daemonset/k8s/servicemesh.yml and inspect how its current interpreter is configured. Update the configuration to use io.l5d.k8s.configMap, then verify that dtabs for running linkerd instances can change without a restart.

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Description

We should (maybe) consider updating the servicemesh.yml config to use the new io.l5d.k8s.configMap interpreter, such that dtabs for the running linkerds and be updated without restart. That might give users more flexibility over configuration.

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