diff -tubrN charts/fluentd/templates/deployment.yaml charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/deployment.yaml
--- charts/fluentd/templates/deployment.yaml	2021-02-12 18:13:04.000000000 +0100
+++ charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/deployment.yaml	2021-03-10 09:54:49.863586462 +0100
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
       {{- include "fluentd.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
   template:
     metadata:
-      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
       annotations:
+        checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/fluentd-configurations-cm.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       labels:
diff -tubrN charts/fluentd/templates/files.conf/systemd.yaml charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/files.conf/systemd.yaml
--- charts/fluentd/templates/files.conf/systemd.yaml	2021-02-12 18:13:04.000000000 +0100
+++ charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/files.conf/systemd.yaml	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    {{- include "fluentd.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-  name: fluentd-systemd-conf
-data:
-  systemd.conf: |-
-    <source>
-      @type systemd
-      @id in_systemd_internal_kubernetes
-      @label @KUBERNETES_SYSTEM
-      matches [{"_SYSTEMD_UNIT":"kubelet.service"},{"_SYSTEMD_UNIT":"kube-apiserver.service"},{"_SYSTEMD_UNIT":"kube-controller-manager.service"},{"_SYSTEMD_UNIT":"kube-proxy.service"},{"_SYSTEMD_UNIT":"kube-scheduler.service"}]
-      read_from_head true
-      tag "internal-kubernetes.systemd"
-      <storage>
-        @type "local"
-        persistent true
-        path "/var/log/fluentd-journald-internal_kubernetes-cursor.json"
-      </storage>
-      <entry>
-        fields_strip_underscores true
-        field_map {"MESSAGE": "message", "_TRANSPORT": "stream", "_SYSTEMD_UNIT": "systemd_unit", "_HOSTNAME": "hostname"}
-        field_map_strict true
-      </entry>
-    </source>
-
-    <source>
-      @type systemd
-      @id in_systemd_etcd
-      @label @KUBERNETES_SYSTEM
-      matches [{"_SYSTEMD_UNIT":"etcd.service"}]
-      read_from_head true
-      tag "etcd.systemd"
-      <storage>
-        @type "local"
-        persistent true
-        path "/var/log/fluentd-journald-internal_etcd-cursor.json"
-      </storage>
-      <entry>
-        fields_strip_underscores true
-        field_map {"MESSAGE": "message", "_TRANSPORT": "stream", "_SYSTEMD_UNIT": "systemd_unit", "_HOSTNAME": "hostname"}
-        field_map_strict true
-      </entry>
-    </source>
-
-    <label @KUBERNETES_SYSTEM>
-      <filter internal-kubernetes.systemd>
-        @type parser
-        key_name message
-        <parse>
-          @type regexp
-          expression /^(?<level>[a-zA-Z])[0-9]* ([\d:.]+)\s+\d+ (?<file>[a-zA-Z-_.]+):(?<line>[\d]+)\]\s+(?<log>.*)$/
-        </parse>
-        reserve_data true
-        reserve_time true
-      </filter>
-
-      <filter etcd.systemd>
-        @type parser
-        key_name message
-        <parse>
-          @type regexp
-          expression /^([^ ]+\s[^ ]+) (?<level>[A-Z]) \| (?<component>[a-zA-Z-_.]+): (?<log>.*)$/
-        </parse>
-        reserve_data true
-        reserve_time true
-      </filter>
-
-      <filter **>
-        @type record_transformer
-        enable_ruby
-        <record>
-          raw ${record["message"]}
-        </record>
-        remove_keys message
-      </filter>
-
-      <match **>
-        @type relabel
-        @label @DISPATCH
-      </match>
-    </label>
diff -tubrN charts/fluentd/templates/fluentd-configurations-cm.yaml charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/fluentd-configurations-cm.yaml
--- charts/fluentd/templates/fluentd-configurations-cm.yaml	2021-02-12 18:13:04.000000000 +0100
+++ charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/fluentd-configurations-cm.yaml	2021-03-09 17:54:34.904992401 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 data:
 {{- range $key, $value := .Values.fileConfigs }}
   {{$key }}: |-
-    {{- $value | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- (tpl $value $) | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
 
 ---
diff -tubrN charts/fluentd/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
--- charts/fluentd/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml	2021-02-12 18:13:04.000000000 +0100
+++ charts/fluentd.zdt/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml	2021-03-09 17:54:34.904992401 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.testFramework.enabled }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
@@ -13,3 +14,4 @@
       command: ['wget']
       args: ['{{ include "fluentd.fullname" . }}:{{ .Values.service.port }}']
   restartPolicy: Never
+{{- end }}
diff -tubrN charts/fluentd/values.yaml charts/fluentd.zdt/values.yaml
--- charts/fluentd/values.yaml	2021-02-12 18:13:04.000000000 +0100
+++ charts/fluentd.zdt/values.yaml	2021-03-09 17:54:34.908325735 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
   pullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
   tag: ""
 
+testFramework:
+  enabled: false
+
 ## Optional array of imagePullSecrets containing private registry credentials
 ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry/
 imagePullSecrets: []