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Using the Downward API to Convey Pod Properties

The topics in the User Guide section of the Kubernetes docs are being moved to the Tasks, Tutorials, and Concepts sections. The content in this topic has moved to:

Exposing Pod Information to Containers Using a DownwardAPIVolumeFile

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