<h1>What happened:</h1>

<p>When I applied patch to ConfigMap, it doesn't work well. (<code>Error from server: v1.ConfigMap.Data: ReadString: expects " or n, but found {, error found in #10 byte of ...|"config":{"template"|..., bigger context ...|{"apiVersion":"v1","data":{"config":{"template":{"containers":[{"lifecycle":{"preStop":|...</code>)</p>

<p>gsed works fine, but I want to know `kubectl</p>

<h2>Command</h2>

<pre><code>$ kubectl patch configmap/cm-test-toshi -n dev --type merge -p '{
  "data":{
    "config":{
      "template":{
        "containers":[{
          "name":"istio-proxy",
          "lifecycle":{
            "preStop":{
              "exec":{
                "command":[\"/bin/sh\", \"-c\", \"while [ $(netstat -plunt | grep tcp | grep -v envoy | wc -l | xargs) -ne 0]; do sleep 1; done\"]
              }
            }
          }
        }]
      }
    }
  }
}'
</code></pre>

<h2>Target CondigMap</h2>

<pre><code>apiVersion: v1
data:
  config: |-
    policy: disabled
    alwaysInjectSelector:
      []
    neverInjectSelector:
      []
    template: |
      initContainers:
      - name: istio-validation
      ...
      containers:
      - name: istio-proxy
      {{- if contains "/" (annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/proxyImage` .Values.global.proxy.image) }}
        image: "{{ annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/proxyImage` .Values.global.proxy.image }}"
      {{- else }}
        image: "{{ .Values.global.hub }}/{{ .Values.global.proxy.image }}:{{ .Values.global.tag }}"
      {{- end }}
        ports:
        ...
</code></pre>

<h1>What you expected to happen:</h1>

<p>No error occurs and <code>data.condif.template.containers[].lifecycle.preStop.exec.command</code> is applied.</p>

<pre><code>apiVersion: v1
data:
  config: |-
    policy: disabled
    alwaysInjectSelector:
      []
    neverInjectSelector:
      []
    template: |
      initContainers:
      - name: istio-validation
      ...
      containers:
      containers:
      - name: istio-proxy
        lifecycle:     # added
          preStop:   # added
            exec:       # added
              command:  ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while [ $(netstat -plunt | grep tcp | grep -v envoy | wc -l | xargs) -ne 0 ]; do sleep 1; done"] # added
      {{- if contains "/" (annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/proxyImage` .Values.global.proxy.image) }}
        image: "{{ annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/proxyImage` .Values.global.proxy.image }}"
      {{- else }}
        image: "{{ .Values.global.hub }}/{{ .Values.global.proxy.image }}:{{ .Values.global.tag }}"
      {{- end }}
        ports:
        ...
</code></pre>

<h1>How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):</h1>

<ol>
<li>Create ConfigMap</li>
</ol>

<pre><code>$ kubectl apply -f cm-test-toshi.yaml
</code></pre>

<p>cm-test-toshi.yaml</p>

<pre><code>apiVersion: v1
data:
  config: |-
    policy: disabled
    alwaysInjectSelector:
      []
    neverInjectSelector:
      []
    template: |
      {{- $cniDisabled := (not .Values.istio_cni.enabled) }}
      {{- $cniRepairEnabled := (and .Values.istio_cni.enabled .Values.istio_cni.repair.enabled) }}
      {{- $enableInitContainer := (or $cniDisabled $cniRepairEnabled .Values.global.proxy.enableCoreDump) }}
      rewriteAppHTTPProbe: {{ valueOrDefault .Values.sidecarInjectorWebhook.rewriteAppHTTPProbe false }}
      {{- if $enableInitContainer }}
      containers:
      - name: istio-proxy
      {{- if contains "/" (annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/proxyImage` .Values.global.proxy.image) }}
        image: "{{ annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/proxyImage` .Values.global.proxy.image }}"
      {{- else }}
        image: "{{ .Values.global.hub }}/{{ .Values.global.proxy.image }}:{{ .Values.global.tag }}"
      {{- end }}
        ports:
        - containerPort: 15090
          protocol: TCP
          name: http-envoy-prom
        args:
        - proxy
        - sidecar
        - --domain
        - $(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.{{ .Values.global.proxy.clusterDomain }}
        - --configPath
        - "/etc/istio/proxy"
        - --binaryPath
        - "/usr/local/bin/envoy"
        - --serviceCluster
        {{ if ne "" (index .ObjectMeta.Labels "app") -}}
        - "{{ index .ObjectMeta.Labels `app` }}.$(POD_NAMESPACE)"
        {{ else -}}
        - "{{ valueOrDefault .DeploymentMeta.Name `istio-proxy` }}.{{ valueOrDefault .DeploymentMeta.Namespace `default` }}"
        {{ end -}}
        - --drainDuration
        - "{{ formatDuration .ProxyConfig.DrainDuration }}"
        - --parentShutdownDuration
        - "{{ formatDuration .ProxyConfig.ParentShutdownDuration }}"
        - --discoveryAddress
        - "{{ annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/discoveryAddress` .ProxyConfig.DiscoveryAddress }}"
      {{- if eq .Values.global.proxy.tracer "lightstep" }}
        - --lightstepAddress
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.GetTracing.GetLightstep.GetAddress }}"
        - --lightstepAccessToken
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.GetTracing.GetLightstep.GetAccessToken }}"
        - --lightstepSecure={{ .ProxyConfig.GetTracing.GetLightstep.GetSecure }}
        - --lightstepCacertPath
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.GetTracing.GetLightstep.GetCacertPath }}"
      {{- else if eq .Values.global.proxy.tracer "zipkin" }}
        - --zipkinAddress
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.GetTracing.GetZipkin.GetAddress }}"
      {{- else if eq .Values.global.proxy.tracer "datadog" }}
        - --datadogAgentAddress
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.GetTracing.GetDatadog.GetAddress }}"
      {{- end }}
        - --proxyLogLevel={{ annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/logLevel` .Values.global.proxy.logLevel}}
        - --proxyComponentLogLevel={{ annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/componentLogLevel` .Values.global.proxy.componentLogLevel}}
        - --connectTimeout
        - "{{ formatDuration .ProxyConfig.ConnectTimeout }}"
      {{- if .Values.global.proxy.envoyStatsd.enabled }}
        - --statsdUdpAddress
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.StatsdUdpAddress }}"
      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.global.proxy.envoyMetricsService.enabled }}
        - --envoyMetricsServiceAddress
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.GetEnvoyMetricsService.GetAddress }}"
      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.global.proxy.envoyAccessLogService.enabled }}
        - --envoyAccessLogServiceAddress
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.GetEnvoyAccessLogService.GetAddress }}"
      {{- end }}
        - --proxyAdminPort
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.ProxyAdminPort }}"
        {{ if gt .ProxyConfig.Concurrency 0 -}}
        - --concurrency
        - "{{ .ProxyConfig.Concurrency }}"
        {{ end -}}
        {{- if .Values.global.controlPlaneSecurityEnabled }}
        - --controlPlaneAuthPolicy
        - MUTUAL_TLS
        {{- else }}
        - --controlPlaneAuthPolicy
        - NONE
        {{- end }}
        - --dnsRefreshRate
        - {{ valueOrDefault .Values.global.proxy.dnsRefreshRate "300s" }}
      {{- if (ne (annotation .ObjectMeta "status.sidecar.istio.io/port" .Values.global.proxy.statusPort) "0") }}
        - --statusPort
        - "{{ annotation .ObjectMeta `status.sidecar.istio.io/port` .Values.global.proxy.statusPort }}"
        - --applicationPorts
        - "{{ annotation .ObjectMeta `readiness.status.sidecar.istio.io/applicationPorts` (applicationPorts .Spec.Containers) }}"

      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.global.trustDomain }}
        - --trust-domain={{ .Values.global.trustDomain }}
      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.global.logAsJson }}
        - --log_as_json
      {{- end }}
      {{- if (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/bootstrapOverride`) }}
        - --templateFile=/etc/istio/custom-bootstrap/envoy_bootstrap.json
      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.global.proxy.lifecycle }}
        lifecycle:
          {{ toYaml .Values.global.proxy.lifecycle | indent 4 }}
        {{- end }}
        env:
        - name: POD_NAME
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: metadata.name
        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
        - name: INSTANCE_IP
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: status.podIP
        - name: SERVICE_ACCOUNT
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: spec.serviceAccountName
        - name: HOST_IP
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: status.hostIP
      {{- if eq .Values.global.proxy.tracer "datadog" }}
      {{- if isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `apm.datadoghq.com/env` }}
      {{- range $key, $value := fromJSON (index .ObjectMeta.Annotations `apm.datadoghq.com/env`) }}
        - name: {{ $key }}
          value: "{{ $value }}"
      {{- end }}
      {{- end }}
      {{- end }}
        - name: ISTIO_META_POD_PORTS
          value: |-
            [
            {{- $first := true }}
            {{- range $index1, $c := .Spec.Containers }}
              {{- range $index2, $p := $c.Ports }}
                {{- if (structToJSON $p) }}
                {{if not $first}},{{end}}{{ structToJSON $p }}
                {{- $first = false }}
                {{- end }}
              {{- end}}
            {{- end}}
            ]
        - name: ISTIO_META_CLUSTER_ID
          value: "{{ valueOrDefault .Values.global.multiCluster.clusterName `Kubernetes` }}"
        - name: ISTIO_META_POD_NAME
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: metadata.name
        - name: ISTIO_META_CONFIG_NAMESPACE
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
        - name: SDS_ENABLED
          value: "{{ .Values.global.sds.enabled }}"
        - name: ISTIO_META_INTERCEPTION_MODE
          value: "{{ or (index .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/interceptionMode`) .ProxyConfig.InterceptionMode.String }}"
        - name: ISTIO_META_INCLUDE_INBOUND_PORTS
          value: "{{ annotation .ObjectMeta `traffic.sidecar.istio.io/includeInboundPorts` (applicationPorts .Spec.Containers) }}"
        {{- if .Values.global.network }}
        - name: ISTIO_META_NETWORK
          value: "{{ .Values.global.network }}"
        {{- end }}
        {{ if .ObjectMeta.Annotations }}
        - name: ISTIO_METAJSON_ANNOTATIONS
          value: |
                 {{ toJSON .ObjectMeta.Annotations }}
        {{ end }}
        {{ if .ObjectMeta.Labels }}
        - name: ISTIO_METAJSON_LABELS
          value: |
                 {{ toJSON .ObjectMeta.Labels }}
        {{ end }}
        {{- if .DeploymentMeta.Name }}
        - name: ISTIO_META_WORKLOAD_NAME
          value: {{ .DeploymentMeta.Name }}
        {{ end }}
        {{- if and .TypeMeta.APIVersion .DeploymentMeta.Name }}
        - name: ISTIO_META_OWNER
          value: kubernetes://apis/{{ .TypeMeta.APIVersion }}/namespaces/{{ valueOrDefault .DeploymentMeta.Namespace `default` }}/{{ toLower .TypeMeta.Kind}}s/{{ .DeploymentMeta.Name }}
        {{- end}}
        {{- if (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/bootstrapOverride`) }}
        - name: ISTIO_BOOTSTRAP_OVERRIDE
          value: "/etc/istio/custom-bootstrap/custom_bootstrap.json"
        {{- end }}
        {{- if .Values.global.sds.customTokenDirectory }}
        - name: ISTIO_META_SDS_TOKEN_PATH
          value: "{{ .Values.global.sds.customTokenDirectory -}}/sdstoken"
        {{- end }}
        {{- if .Values.global.meshID }}
        - name: ISTIO_META_MESH_ID
          value: "{{ .Values.global.meshID }}"
        {{- else if .Values.global.trustDomain }}
        - name: ISTIO_META_MESH_ID
          value: "{{ .Values.global.trustDomain }}"
        {{- end }}
        {{- if and (eq .Values.global.proxy.tracer "datadog") (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `apm.datadoghq.com/env`) }}
        {{- range $key, $value := fromJSON (index .ObjectMeta.Annotations `apm.datadoghq.com/env`) }}
          - name: {{ $key }}
            value: "{{ $value }}"
        {{- end }}
        {{- end }}
        imagePullPolicy: "{{ valueOrDefault .Values.global.imagePullPolicy `Always` }}"
        {{ if ne (annotation .ObjectMeta `status.sidecar.istio.io/port` .Values.global.proxy.statusPort) `0` }}
        readinessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /healthz/ready
            port: {{ annotation .ObjectMeta `status.sidecar.istio.io/port` .Values.global.proxy.statusPort }}
          initialDelaySeconds: {{ annotation .ObjectMeta `readiness.status.sidecar.istio.io/initialDelaySeconds` .Values.global.proxy.readinessInitialDelaySeconds }}
          periodSeconds: {{ annotation .ObjectMeta `readiness.status.sidecar.istio.io/periodSeconds` .Values.global.proxy.readinessPeriodSeconds }}
          failureThreshold: {{ annotation .ObjectMeta `readiness.status.sidecar.istio.io/failureThreshold` .Values.global.proxy.readinessFailureThreshold }}
        {{ end -}}
        securityContext:
          allowPrivilegeEscalation: {{ .Values.global.proxy.privileged }}
          capabilities:
            {{ if eq (annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/interceptionMode` .ProxyConfig.InterceptionMode) `TPROXY` -}}
            add:
            - NET_ADMIN
            {{- end }}
            drop:
            - ALL
          privileged: {{ .Values.global.proxy.privileged }}
          readOnlyRootFilesystem: {{ not .Values.global.proxy.enableCoreDump }}
          runAsGroup: 1337
          {{ if eq (annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/interceptionMode` .ProxyConfig.InterceptionMode) `TPROXY` -}}
          runAsNonRoot: false
          runAsUser: 0
          {{- else -}}
          runAsNonRoot: true
          runAsUser: 1337
          {{- end }}
        resources:
          {{ if or (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/proxyCPU`) (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/proxyMemory`) -}}
          requests:
            {{ if (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/proxyCPU`) -}}
            cpu: "{{ index .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/proxyCPU` }}"
            {{ end}}
            {{ if (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/proxyMemory`) -}}
            memory: "{{ index .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/proxyMemory` }}"
            {{ end }}
        {{ else -}}
      {{- if .Values.global.proxy.resources }}
          {{ toYaml .Values.global.proxy.resources | indent 4 }}
      {{- end }}
        {{  end -}}
        volumeMounts:
        {{ if (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/bootstrapOverride`) }}
        - mountPath: /etc/istio/custom-bootstrap
          name: custom-bootstrap-volume
        {{- end }}
        - mountPath: /etc/istio/proxy
          name: istio-envoy
        {{- if .Values.global.sds.enabled }}
        - mountPath: /var/run/sds
          name: sds-uds-path
          readOnly: true
        - mountPath: /var/run/secrets/tokens
          name: istio-token
        {{- if .Values.global.sds.customTokenDirectory }}
        - mountPath: "{{ .Values.global.sds.customTokenDirectory -}}"
          name: custom-sds-token
          readOnly: true
        {{- end }}
        {{- else }}
        - mountPath: /etc/certs/
          name: istio-certs
          readOnly: true
        {{- end }}
        {{- if and (eq .Values.global.proxy.tracer "lightstep") .Values.global.tracer.lightstep.cacertPath }}
        - mountPath: {{ directory .ProxyConfig.GetTracing.GetLightstep.GetCacertPath }}
          name: lightstep-certs
          readOnly: true
        {{- end }}
          {{- if isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/userVolumeMount` }}
          {{ range $index, $value := fromJSON (index .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/userVolumeMount`) }}
        - name: "{{  $index }}"
          {{ toYaml $value | indent 4 }}
          {{ end }}
          {{- end }}
      volumes:
      {{- if (isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/bootstrapOverride`) }}
      - name: custom-bootstrap-volume
        configMap:
          name: {{ annotation .ObjectMeta `sidecar.istio.io/bootstrapOverride` "" }}
      {{- end }}
      - emptyDir:
          medium: Memory
        name: istio-envoy
      {{- if .Values.global.sds.enabled }}
      - name: sds-uds-path
        hostPath:
          path: /var/run/sds
      - name: istio-token
        projected:
          sources:
          - serviceAccountToken:
              path: istio-token
              expirationSeconds: 43200
              audience: {{ .Values.global.sds.token.aud }}
      {{- if .Values.global.sds.customTokenDirectory }}
      - name: custom-sds-token
        secret:
          secretName: sdstokensecret
      {{- end }}
      {{- else }}
      - name: istio-certs
        secret:
          optional: true
          {{ if eq .Spec.ServiceAccountName "" }}
          secretName: istio.default
          {{ else -}}
          secretName: {{  printf "istio.%s" .Spec.ServiceAccountName }}
          {{  end -}}
        {{- if isset .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/userVolume` }}
        {{range $index, $value := fromJSON (index .ObjectMeta.Annotations `sidecar.istio.io/userVolume`) }}
      - name: "{{ $index }}"
        {{ toYaml $value | indent 2 }}
        {{ end }}
        {{ end }}
      {{- end }}
      {{- if and (eq .Values.global.proxy.tracer "lightstep") .Values.global.tracer.lightstep.cacertPath }}
      - name: lightstep-certs
        secret:
          optional: true
          secretName: lightstep.cacert
      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.global.podDNSSearchNamespaces }}
      dnsConfig:
        searches:
          {{- range .Values.global.podDNSSearchNamespaces }}
          - {{ render . }}
          {{- end }}
      {{- end }}
    injectedAnnotations:
  values: 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kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  annotations:
  labels:
    app: sidecar-injector
    istio: sidecar-injector
    operator.istio.io/component: Injector
    operator.istio.io/managed: Reconcile
    operator.istio.io/version: 1.4.6
    release: istio
  name: cm-test-toshi
</code></pre>

<ol start="2">
<li>Apply patch</li>
</ol>

<pre><code>$ kubectl patch configmap/cm-test-toshi --type merge -p '{
  "data":{
    "config":{
      "template":{
        "containers":[{
          "name":"istio-proxy",
          "lifecycle":{
            "preStop":{
              "exec":{
                "command":["/bin/sh", "-c", "while [ $(netstat -plunt | grep tcp | grep -v envoy | wc -l | xargs) -ne 0]; do sleep 1; done"]
              }
            }
          }
        }]
      }
    }
  }
}'
</code></pre>

<h1>Anything else we need to know?:</h1>

<h1>Environment:</h1>

<ul>
<li>Kubernetes version (use kubectl version): v1.14.10-dispatcher</li>
<li>Cloud provider or hardware configuration: v1.14.10-gke.17</li>
</ul>

<p>According to <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/update-api-object-kubectl-patch/#alternate-forms-of-the-kubectl-patch-command" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kubernetes</a> documentation:</p>

<blockquote>
  <h2>Alternate forms of the kubectl patch command</h2>
  
  <p>The  <code>kubectl patch</code>  command takes YAML or JSON. It can take the patch as a file or directly on the command line.</p>
  
  <p>Create a file named  <code>patch-file.json</code>  that has this content:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
   "spec": {
      "template": {
         "spec": {
            "containers": [
               {
                  "name": "patch-demo-ctr-2",
                  "image": "redis"
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   }
}
</code></pre>
  
  <p>The following commands are equivalent:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>kubectl patch deployment patch-demo --patch "$(cat patch-file.yaml)"
kubectl patch deployment patch-demo --patch 'spec:\n template:\n  spec:\n   containers:\n   - name: patch-demo-ctr-2\n     image: redis'

kubectl patch deployment patch-demo --patch "$(cat patch-file.json)"
kubectl patch deployment patch-demo --patch '{"spec": {"template": {"spec": {"containers": [{"name": "patch-demo-ctr-2","image": "redis"}]}}}}'
</code></pre>
</blockquote>

<p>The method You are trying to use is not supported.</p>

<p>So You can use <code>gsed</code> to stream the data as You mentioned. Or convert to a template like suggested from documentation. Or put the data into a file and <code>cat</code> it like in example above.</p>

<p>Hope it helps.</p>
