I solved a permission issue when mounting /var/lib/postgresql/data by following this answer with initContainers.

Now I'm trying to mount postgresql.conf as a volume, and I'm running into a similar permissioning issue that throws chown: /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf: Read-only file system.

What could I be missing? I've tried a bunch of different variations with little luck.

apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: postgres
  labels:
    app: postgres
spec:
  serviceName: postgres
  replicas: 1
  updateStrategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: postgres
    spec:
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
      initContainers:
      - name: chmod-er
        image: busybox:latest
        command:
        - /bin/chown
        - -R
        - '0'
        - /var/lib/postgresql/data
        volumeMounts:
        - name: postgredb
          mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
        - name: pg-config
          mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf
          subPath: postgresql.conf
      containers:
        - name: postgres
          image: mdillon/postgis:10-alpine
          ports:
            - containerPort: 5432
          volumeMounts:
            - name: postgredb
              mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
              subPath: data
            - name: pg-config
              mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf
              subPath: postgresql.conf
      volumes:
        - name: postgredb
          persistentVolumeClaim:
            claimName: postgres-pvc
        - name: pg-config
          configMap:
            name: pg-config
            items:
              - key: postgresql.conf
                path: postgresql.conf