diff --git a/examples/helm-chart/configmap.yaml b/examples/helm-chart/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87cf43b672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/helm-chart/configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  # TODO: work out how to pass through the yaml
+  data-prepper-config.yaml: 'ssl: false'
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "data-prepper.configName" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "data-prepper.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+
diff --git a/examples/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl b/examples/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 0d4a539802..ead1a03966 100644
--- a/examples/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/examples/helm-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{/*
 Content-based name for configuration so it triggers a redeploy
 */}}
-{{- define "data-prepper.secretName" -}}
-{{- include "data-prepper.fullname" . }}-{{ trunc 253 (sha256sum (cat .Values.dataPrepperConfig .Values.pipelineConfig )) -}}
+{{- define "data-prepper.configName" -}}
+{{- include "data-prepper.fullname" . }}-{{ trunc 8 (sha256sum (cat .Values.dataPrepperConfig .Values.pipelineConfig )) -}}
 {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/examples/helm-chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/examples/helm-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7661f4e613..8d470761c9 100644
--- a/examples/helm-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -81,17 +81,11 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
       volumes:
         - name: data-prepper-config
-          secret:
-            secretName: {{ include "data-prepper.secretName" . }}
-            items:
-              - key: data-prepper-config
-                path: data-prepper-config.yaml
+          configMap:
+            name: {{ include "data-prepper.configName" . }}
         - name: data-prepper-pipelines
           secret:
-            secretName: {{ include "data-prepper.secretName" . }}
-            items:
-              - key: pipelines
-                path: pipelines.yaml
+            secretName: {{ include "data-prepper.configName" . }}
       {{- with .Values.volumes }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
@@ -107,3 +101,4 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+
diff --git a/examples/helm-chart/templates/secret.yaml b/examples/helm-chart/templates/secret.yaml
index f313d16c1f..a7f63e4868 100644
--- a/examples/helm-chart/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm-chart/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 data:
-  data-prepper-config: {{ toYaml .Values.dataPrepperConfig | b64enc }}
-  pipelines: {{ toYaml .Values.pipelineConfig | b64enc }}
+  pipelines.yaml: {{ toYaml .Values.pipelineConfig | b64enc }}
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
-  name: {{ include "data-prepper.secretName" . }}
+  name: {{ include "data-prepper.configName" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "data-prepper.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+
diff --git a/examples/helm-chart/values.yaml b/examples/helm-chart/values.yaml
index 0075b94b25..082e11b1ab 100644
--- a/examples/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ securityContext: {}
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
 
+dataPrepperConfig: {}
+pipelineConfig: {}
+
 ports:
 - name: http
   port: 2021
@@ -100,3 +103,4 @@ nodeSelector: {}
 tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
+