OpenShift Templates Example 20-7. OpenShift Template for parameterizing config image apiVersion : v1 kind : Template metadata : name : demo parameters : -  name : CONFIG_IMAGE description : Name of configuration image value : k8spatterns/config-dev:1 objects : -  apiVersion : v1 kind : DeploymentConfig // .... spec: template : metadata : // .... spec: initContainers : -  name : init image : ${CONFIG_IMAGE} args : [ "/config" ] volumeMounts : -  mountPath : /config name : config-directory containers : -  image : k8spatterns/demo:1 // ... volumeMounts : -  mountPath : /config name : config-directory volumes : -  name : config-directory emptyDir : {} Template parameter CONFIG_IMAGE declaration Use of the template parameter We show here only a fragment of the full descriptor  but we can quickly recognize the parameter  CONFIG_IMAGE  we reference in the init container declaration. If we create this template on an OpenShift cluster  we can instantiate it by calling  oc   as in Example 20-8. 162  |  Chapter 20: Immutable Configuration Templates are regular resource descriptors that are parameterized. As seen in Example 20-7  we can easily use the configuration image as a parameter.