Skaffold
Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development from Google.
Why consider Skaffold?
Skaffold is a command-line tool that facilitates continuous development for Kubernetes-native applications. It automates the workflow for building, pushing, and deploying your code to local or remote clusters.
Learn Skaffold by building
Practical setup notes, real use cases, and copy-ready examples in one focused guide.
In this guide3 sections
Overview of Skaffold
Skaffold handles the workflow for building, pushing, and deploying your application into a Kubernetes cluster. When running in dev mode, Skaffold detects source code modifications, rebuilds containers, updates manifests, and live-streams container logs back to your terminal.
Initializing Skaffold in a Project
Run the initialization wizard to automatically detect Dockerfiles and Kubernetes manifests:
skaffold initContinuous Iteration Loop
Start the continuous development loop:
skaffold devWhenever you edit files locally, Skaffold syncs changes to the running pod or triggers incremental image builds without requiring manual kubectl apply commands.
Skaffold is maintained by Google and released under the Apache-2.0 license.
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