diff --git a/ghost/canonical-ini-converter.py b/ghost/canonical-ini-converter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..361ce43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/canonical-ini-converter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import os
+import configparser 
+import yaml
+import io
+
+ORIGIN_CONFIGMAP_FILE_PATH = "mariadb/configmap-mariadb-origin.yaml"
+NEW_CONFIGMAP_FILE_PATH = "mariadb/configmap-mariadb.yaml"
+INI_FILE_NAME = "my.ini"
+
+def readConfigMap():
+    with open(ORIGIN_CONFIGMAP_FILE_PATH, 'r') as stream:
+        try:
+            return yaml.safe_load(stream)
+        except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
+            print(exc)
+            exit(1)
+
+
+def writeConfigMap(configMap):
+    with io.open(NEW_CONFIGMAP_FILE_PATH, 'w', encoding='utf8') as outfile:
+        yaml.dump(configMap, outfile, default_flow_style=False, allow_unicode=True)
+
+
+def convertINIToMap(iniContent):
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read_string(iniContent)
+    newMap = {}
+    for section in config.sections():
+        keyPrefix = 'cm' + '.' +section  # Ues prefix "cm." to distinguish configMap type.  
+        for key, value in config[section].items():
+            newMap[keyPrefix + '.' + key] = config[section][key]  
+    return newMap
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    configMap = readConfigMap()
+    newMap = convertINIToMap(configMap["data"][INI_FILE_NAME])
+    configMap["data"] = newMap
+    writeConfigMap(configMap)
diff --git a/ghost/configmap-formatter/Dockerfile b/ghost/configmap-formatter/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49dd33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/configmap-formatter/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+
+RUN apt-get update -y
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
+   python3 \
+   python3-pip \
+   python3-virtualenv \
+   && update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN mkdir -p /src/code
+RUN mkdir -p /app
+
+COPY env-to-ini.py /src/code
+
+CMD [ "python3", "/src/code/env-to-ini.py"]
diff --git a/ghost/configmap-formatter/env-to-ini.py b/ghost/configmap-formatter/env-to-ini.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..049d448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/configmap-formatter/env-to-ini.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import os
+import collections
+import configparser 
+from os.path import exists
+
+CM_PREFIX = "cm." 
+DELIMITER = "."
+INI_FILE_NAME_ENV = "CM_INI_FILE_NAME"
+DEFAULT_INI_FILE = "my.cnf"
+
+def iniFileNameFromEnv():
+    iniFromEnv = os.environ[INI_FILE_NAME_ENV]
+    return iniFromEnv if iniFromEnv else DEFAULT_INI_FILE
+
+def run():
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+
+    iniContent = readFromEnv()
+    config.read_dict(iniContent)
+
+    with open(iniFileNameFromEnv(), 'w') as iniFile:
+        config.write(iniFile)
+
+
+def readFromEnv():
+    iniContent = collections.defaultdict(dict)
+    for envKey, value in os.environ.items():
+        if envKey.startswith(CM_PREFIX):
+            _, section, key = envKey.split(DELIMITER)
+            iniContent[section][key] = value
+    return iniContent
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run()
+    iniFile = os.path.abspath(iniFileNameFromEnv())
+    if not exists(iniFile):
+        os.exit(1)
+    print(f"Successfully write to {iniFile}.")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ghost/mariadb/configmap-mariadb-origin.yaml b/ghost/mariadb/configmap-mariadb-origin.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36f6d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/mariadb/configmap-mariadb-origin.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: mariadb
+  namespace: example
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: mariadb
+data:
+  my.ini: |-
+    [mysqld]
+    skip-name-resolve="ON"
+    explicit_defaults_for_timestamp=""
+    basedir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb
+    plugin_dir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/plugin
+    port=3306
+    socket=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
+    tmpdir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp
+    max_allowed_packet=16M
+    bind-address=*
+    pid-file=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysqld.pid
+    log-error=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/logs/mysqld.log
+    character-set-server=UTF8
+    collation-server=utf8_general_ci
+    slow_query_log=0
+    slow_query_log_file=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/logs/mysqld.log
+    long_query_time=10.0
+    [client]
+    port=3306
+    socket=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
+    default-character-set=UTF8
+    plugin_dir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/plugin
+    [manager]
+    port=3306
+    socket=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
+    pid-file=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysqld.pid
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ghost/mariadb/configmap-mariadb.yaml b/ghost/mariadb/configmap-mariadb.yaml
index 2fe9c07..c4bfc9e 100644
--- a/ghost/mariadb/configmap-mariadb.yaml
+++ b/ghost/mariadb/configmap-mariadb.yaml
@@ -1,38 +1,31 @@
-# Source: ghost/charts/mariadb/templates/primary/configmap.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  cm.client.default-character-set: UTF8
+  cm.client.plugin_dir: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/plugin
+  cm.client.port: '3306'
+  cm.client.socket: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
+  cm.manager.pid-file: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysqld.pid
+  cm.manager.port: '3306'
+  cm.manager.socket: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
+  cm.mysqld.basedir: /opt/bitnami/mariadb
+  cm.mysqld.bind-address: '*'
+  cm.mysqld.character-set-server: UTF8
+  cm.mysqld.collation-server: utf8_general_ci
+  cm.mysqld.explicit_defaults_for_timestamp: '""'
+  cm.mysqld.log-error: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/logs/mysqld.log
+  cm.mysqld.long_query_time: '10.0'
+  cm.mysqld.max_allowed_packet: 16M
+  cm.mysqld.pid-file: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysqld.pid
+  cm.mysqld.plugin_dir: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/plugin
+  cm.mysqld.port: '3306'
+  cm.mysqld.skip-name-resolve: '"ON"'
+  cm.mysqld.slow_query_log: '0'
+  cm.mysqld.slow_query_log_file: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/logs/mysqld.log
+  cm.mysqld.socket: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
+  cm.mysqld.tmpdir: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: mariadb
-  namespace: example
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: mariadb
-data:
-  my.ini: |-
-    [mysqld]
-    skip-name-resolve
-    explicit_defaults_for_timestamp
-    basedir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb
-    plugin_dir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/plugin
-    port=3306
-    socket=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
-    tmpdir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp
-    max_allowed_packet=16M
-    bind-address=*
-    pid-file=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysqld.pid
-    log-error=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/logs/mysqld.log
-    character-set-server=UTF8
-    collation-server=utf8_general_ci
-    slow_query_log=0
-    slow_query_log_file=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/logs/mysqld.log
-    long_query_time=10.0
-
-    [client]
-    port=3306
-    socket=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
-    default-character-set=UTF8
-    plugin_dir=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/plugin
-
-    [manager]
-    port=3306
-    socket=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysql.sock
-    pid-file=/opt/bitnami/mariadb/tmp/mysqld.pid
+  name: mariadb
+  namespace: example
diff --git a/ghost/mariadb/statefulset-mariadb.yaml b/ghost/mariadb/statefulset-mariadb.yaml
index c97e518..fa43a9b 100644
--- a/ghost/mariadb/statefulset-mariadb.yaml
+++ b/ghost/mariadb/statefulset-mariadb.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ spec:
     spec:
       securityContext:
         fsGroup: 1001
+      initContainers:
+      - name: configmap-map-to-file
+        image: gcr.io/kpt-fn-demo/yuwenma-cm-env-to-ini:v0.12
+        env:
+        - name: CM_INI_FILE_NAME
+          value: my.cnf
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: mariadb
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: ini-config
+          # the env-to-ini.py cannot be placed in the same mount dir.
+          # Because it will be overridden.
+          mountPath: /app
+      - name: verify
+        image: ubuntu
+        command: ["/bin/sh","-c"]
+        args: ["ls /tmp; cat /tmp/my.cnf"]
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: ini-config
+            mountPath: /tmp/my.cnf
+            subPath: my.cnf
       containers:
         - name: mariadb
           image: docker.io/bitnami/mariadb:10.6.7-debian-10-r62
@@ -24,44 +46,43 @@ spec:
             runAsNonRoot: true
             runAsUser: 1001
           env:
-            - name: BITNAMI_DEBUG
-              value: "true"
-            - name: MARIADB_USER
-              value: bn_ghost
-            - name: MARIADB_DATABASE
-              value: bitnami_ghost
-            - name: ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
-              value: "true"
+          - name: BITNAMI_DEBUG
+            value: "true"
+          - name: MARIADB_USER
+            value: bn_ghost
+          - name: MARIADB_DATABASE
+            value: bitnami_ghost
+          - name: ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
+            value: "true"
           ports:
-            - name: mysql
-              containerPort: 3306
+          - name: mysql
+            containerPort: 3307
           resources:
             limits: {}
             requests: {}
           volumeMounts:
-            - name: data
-              mountPath: /bitnami/mariadb
-            - name: config
-              mountPath: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/conf/my.ini
-              subPath: my.ini
+          - name: data
+            mountPath: /bitnami/mariadb
+          - name: ini-config
+            mountPath: /opt/bitnami/mariadb/conf/my.cnf
+            subPath: my.cnf
       volumes:
-        - name: config
-          configMap:
-            name: mariadb
+      - name: ini-config
+        emptyDir: {}
     metadata:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: mariadb
   volumeClaimTemplates:
-    - metadata:
-        name: data
-        labels:
-          app.kubernetes.io/name: mariadb
-      spec:
-        accessModes:
-          - ReadWriteOnce
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            storage: 8Gi
+  - metadata:
+      name: data
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: mariadb
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+      - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 8Gi
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: mariadb