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Skaffold

Skaffold is a CLI tool for continuous development and delivery of Kubernetes applications, supporting CI/CD integration.

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Field note

What it does

Skaffold provides commands like skaffold run, build, deploy, render, and apply to build, push, and deploy Kubernetes applications, enabling CI/CD pipelines.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

REST API Cross-Architecture Builds Config Generation Deploy Build Image File Sync Architecture Detection Test Node Affinity Rules Apply Render File watching Build API Status Check

Cloud Build profile

Enables building on Google Cloud Build for cross-architecture.

Dev Loop

Continuous build, test, and deploy loop with file watching.

--enable-platform-node-affinity flag

Forces creation of platform node affinity rules.

File Output

Write built artifacts to a JSON file for later deployment.

File Sync

Set up file sync for source files that do not need a rebuild in dev mode.

Init Wizard

Runs skaffold init to create a skaffold.yaml for your project.

Keep Running on Failure

Flag to keep Skaffold running on errors by suspending the session.

--platform flag

Allows explicit target platform specification.

Port Forwarding

Automatically forwards Kubernetes Services in dev mode with --port-forward.

Precedence of Actions

Order of actions: File Sync, Build, Test, Deploy.

Skaffold Run

Run entire pipeline end-to-end with a single command.

Watch Modes

Filesystem notifications, polling, or manual trigger modes.