Skaffold

Skaffold is a command line tool that facilitates continuous development for container based & Kubernetes applications. Skaffold handles the workflow for building, pushing, and deploying your application, and provides building blocks for creating CI/CD pipelines. This enables you to focus on iterating on your application locally while Skaffold continuously deploys to your local or remote Kubernetes cluster, local Docker environment or Cloud Run project.

Skaffold handles the workflow for building, pushing and deploying your application, allowing you to focus on what matters most: writing code.
An open source project from Google.
Skaffold is client-side only. With no on-cluster component, there is no overhead or maintenance burden to your cluster. Skaffold is the easiest way to share your project with the world: ‘git clone’, then ‘skaffold run’.

Additionally, you can use profiles, local user config, environment variables, and flags to easily incorporate differences across environments. Skaffold has many essential features for container & Kubernetes development, including policy-based image tagging, resource port-forwarding and logging, file syncing, and much more.

Use skaffold init to bootstrap your Skaffold config.

Use skaffold dev to automatically build and deploy your application when your code changes.

Use skaffold build and skaffold test to tag, push, and test your container images.

Use skaffold render and skaffold apply to generate and deploy Kubernetes manifests as part of a GitOps workflow

Install Skaffold

(base) pradeep:~$curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/latest/skaffold-darwin-amd64 && \
sudo install skaffold /usr/local/bin/
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 83.6M  100 83.6M    0     0  5627k      0  0:00:15  0:00:15 --:--:-- 5822k
Password:
(base) pradeep:~$

Install Minikube

(base) pradeep:~$curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-darwin-amd64
sudo install minikube-darwin-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 93.4M  100 93.4M    0     0  7119k      0  0:00:13  0:00:13 --:--:-- 8250k
(base) pradeep:~$

Install Kubectl

(base) pradeep:~$curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl"

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100   138  100   138    0     0    454      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   453
100 50.1M  100 50.1M    0     0  1503k      0  0:00:34  0:00:34 --:--:-- 1703k
(base) pradeep:~$

This tutorial uses minikube because Skaffold knows how to build the app using the Docker daemon hosted inside minikube. This means we don’t need a registry to host the app’s container images.

Clone the sample app

Let’s get a sample application set up to use Skaffold.

  1. Clone the Skaffold repository:
(base) pradeep:~$cd Downloads 
(base) pradeep:~$git clone https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold
Cloning into 'skaffold'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 145142, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (6392/6392), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3712/3712), done.
remote: Total 145142 (delta 2751), reused 5818 (delta 2299), pack-reused 138750
Receiving objects: 100% (145142/145142), 140.46 MiB | 7.93 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (90066/90066), done.
Updating files: 100% (13229/13229), done.
(base) pradeep:~$cd skaffold/examples/buildpacks-node-tutorial
(base) pradeep:~$

Initialize Skaffold

Your working directory is the application directory, skaffold/examples/buildpacks-node-tutorial. This will be our root Skaffold directory.

This sample application is written in Node, but Skaffold is language-agnostic and works with any containerized application.

Bootstrap Skaffold configuration

Run the following command to generate a skaffold.yaml config file:

(base) pradeep:~$skaffold init
WARN[0000] Skipping Jib: no JVM: [java -version] failed: exit status 1  subtask=-1 task=DevLoop
? Choose the builder to build image skaffold-buildpacks-node Buildpacks (package.json)
? Which builders would you like to create kubernetes resources for? 
apiVersion: skaffold/v4beta10
kind: Config
metadata:
  name: buildpacks-node-tutorial
build:
  artifacts:
    - image: skaffold-buildpacks-node
      buildpacks:
        builder: gcr.io/buildpacks/builder:v1
manifests:
  rawYaml:
    - k8s/web.yaml

? Do you want to write this configuration to skaffold.yaml? Yes
Configuration skaffold.yaml was written
You can now run [skaffold build] to build the artifacts
or [skaffold run] to build and deploy
or [skaffold dev] to enter development mode, with auto-redeploy
(base) pradeep:~$

Open your new skaffold.yaml, generated at skaffold/examples/buildpacks-node-tutorial/skaffold.yaml. All of your Skaffold configuration lives in this file.

(base) pradeep:~$ls
README.md	k8s		package.json	project.toml	public		skaffold.yaml	src
(base) pradeep:~$cat skaffold.yaml 
apiVersion: skaffold/v4beta10
kind: Config
metadata:
  name: buildpacks-node-tutorial
build:
  artifacts:
    - image: skaffold-buildpacks-node
      buildpacks:
        builder: gcr.io/buildpacks/builder:v1
manifests:
  rawYaml:
    - k8s/web.yaml
(base) pradeep:~$

Use Skaffold for continuous development

Skaffold speeds up your development loop by automatically building and deploying the application whenever your code changes.

Start minikube

To see this in action, let’s start up minikube so Skaffold has a cluster to run your application.

(base) pradeep:~$minikube start --profile custom
skaffold config set --global local-cluster true
eval $(minikube -p custom docker-env)
😄  [custom] minikube v1.33.0 on Darwin 14.3
✨  Automatically selected the hyperkit driver. Other choices: virtualbox, ssh
💿  Downloading VM boot image ...
    > minikube-v1.33.0-amd64.iso....:  65 B / 65 B [---------] 100.00% ? p/s 0s
    > minikube-v1.33.0-amd64.iso:  314.16 MiB / 314.16 MiB  100.00% 9.20 MiB p/
👍  Starting "custom" primary control-plane node in "custom" cluster
💾  Downloading Kubernetes v1.30.0 preload ...
    > preloaded-images-k8s-v18-v1...:  342.90 MiB / 342.90 MiB  100.00% 4.97 Mi
🔥  Creating hyperkit VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
🐳  Preparing Kubernetes v1.30.0 on Docker 26.0.1 ...
    ▪ Generating certificates and keys ...
    ▪ Booting up control plane ...
    ▪ Configuring RBAC rules ...
🔗  Configuring bridge CNI (Container Networking Interface) ...
🔎  Verifying Kubernetes components...
    ▪ Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5
🌟  Enabled addons: default-storageclass, storage-provisioner

❗  /usr/local/bin/kubectl is version 1.22.5, which may have incompatibilities with Kubernetes 1.30.0.
    ▪ Want kubectl v1.30.0? Try 'minikube kubectl -- get pods -A'
🏄  Done! kubectl is now configured to use "custom" cluster and "default" namespace by default
set global value local-cluster to true
(base) pradeep:~$

Use skaffold dev

Run the following command to begin using Skaffold for continuous development:

(base) pradeep:~$skaffold dev
Generating tags...
 - skaffold-buildpacks-node -> skaffold-buildpacks-node:v2.11.1-22-g0ffd37362-dirty
Checking cache...
 - skaffold-buildpacks-node: Not found. Building
Starting build...
Found [custom] context, using local docker daemon.
Building [skaffold-buildpacks-node]...
Target platforms: [linux/amd64]
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[web] 
[web] > backend@1.0.0 start /workspace
[web] > node src/index.js
[web] 
[web] Example app listening on port 3000!


Notice how Skaffold automatically builds and deploys your application. You should see the following application output in your terminal:

To browse to the web page, open a new terminal and run:

minikube tunnel -p custom
(base) pradeep:~$minikube tunnel -p custom
Password:
Status:	
	machine: custom
	pid: 43954
	route: 10.96.0.0/12 -> 172.16.30.17
	minikube: Running
	services: [web]
    errors: 
		minikube: no errors
		router: no errors
		loadbalancer emulator: no errors



Now open your browser at http://localhost:3000. This displays the content of public/index.html file.

Skaffold is now watching for any file changes, and will rebuild your application automatically. Let’s see this in action

Open skaffold/examples/buildpacks-node-tutorial/src/index.js and change line 10 to the following:

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}! This is version 2.`))

Notice how Skaffold automatically hot reloads your code changes to your application running in minikube, intelligently syncing only the file you changed. Your application is now automatically deployed with the changes you made, as it prints the following to your terminal:

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[web] 
[web] > backend@1.0.0 start /workspace
[web] > node src/index.js
[web] 
[web] Example app listening on port 3000! This is version 2.


Exit dev mode

Let’s stop continuous dev mode by pressing the following keys in your terminal:

[web] Example app listening on port 3000! This is version 2.
^CCleaning up...
 - service "web" deleted
 - deployment.apps "web" deleted

Help improve Skaffold with our 2-minute anonymous survey: run 'skaffold survey'
To help improve the quality of this product, we collect anonymized usage data for details on what is tracked and how we use this data visit <https://skaffold.dev/docs/resources/telemetry/>. This data is handled in accordance with our privacy policy <https://policies.google.com/privacy>

You may choose to opt out of this collection by running the following command:
	skaffold config set --global collect-metrics false
(base) pradeep:~$

Skaffold will clean up all deployed artifacts and end dev mode.

Use Skaffold for continuous integration

While Skaffold shines for continuous development, it can also be used for continuous integration (CI). Let’s use Skaffold to build and test a container image.

Build an image

Your CI pipelines can run skaffold build to build, tag, and push your container images to a registry.

(base) pradeep:~$export STATE=$(git rev-list -1 HEAD --abbrev-commit)
skaffold build --file-output build-$STATE.json
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(base) pradeep:~$

Skaffold writes the output of the build to a JSON file, which we’ll pass to our continuous delivery (CD) process in the next step.

Test an image

Skaffold can also run tests against your images before deploying them. Let’s try this out by creating a simple custom test.

  1. Open yourskaffold.yaml and add the following test configuration to the bottom, without any additional indentation:
(base) pradeep:~$cat skaffold.yaml 
apiVersion: skaffold/v4beta10
kind: Config
metadata:
  name: buildpacks-node-tutorial
build:
  artifacts:
    - image: skaffold-buildpacks-node
      buildpacks:
        builder: gcr.io/buildpacks/builder:v1
test:
- image: skaffold-buildpacks-node
  custom:
    - command: echo This is a custom test commmand!
manifests:
  rawYaml:
    - k8s/web.yaml
(base) pradeep:~$

Now you have a simple custom test set up that will run a bash command and await a successful response.

Run the following command to execute this test with Skaffold:

(base) pradeep:~$skaffold test --build-artifacts build-$STATE.json
Starting test...
Testing images...
Running custom test command: "echo This is a custom test commmand!"
This is a custom test commmand!
Command finished successfully.

(base) pradeep:~$

Use Skaffold for continuous delivery

Let’s learn how Skaffold can handle continuous delivery (CD).

Deploy in a single step

For simple deployments, run skaffold deploy:

(base) pradeep:~$skaffold deploy -a build-$STATE.json
Tags used in deployment:
 - skaffold-buildpacks-node -> skaffold-buildpacks-node:fade976f308369f72395d2220148e08306681c48b9608071e13d5162233349be
Starting deploy...
 - service/web created
 - deployment.apps/web created
Waiting for deployments to stabilize...
 - deployment/web is ready.
Deployments stabilized in 2.158 seconds

(base) pradeep:~$

Skaffold hydrates your Kubernetes manifest with the image you built and tagged in the previous step, and deploys the application.

Render and apply in separate steps

For GitOps delivery workflows, you may want to decompose your deployments into separate render and apply phases. That way, you can commit your hydrated Kubernetes manifests to source control before they are applied.

Run the following command to render a hydrated manifest:

(base) pradeep:~$skaffold render -a build-$STATE.json --output render.yaml --digest-source local

(base) pradeep:~$ls
README.md		k8s			project.toml		render.yaml		src
build-0ffd37362.json	package.json		public			skaffold.yaml
(base) pradeep:~$
(base) pradeep:~$cat  render.yaml 
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  ports:
    - name: http
      port: 3000
  selector:
    app: web
  type: LoadBalancer
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: web
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: web
    spec:
      containers:
        - image: skaffold-buildpacks-node:fade976f308369f72395d2220148e08306681c48b9608071e13d5162233349be
          name: web
          ports:
            - containerPort: 3000
(base) pradeep:~$

Open skaffold/examples/buildpacks-node-tutorial/render.yaml to check out the hydrated manifest.

Next, run the following command to apply your hydrated manifest:

(base) pradeep:~$skaffold apply render.yaml

Starting deploy...
 - service/web configured
 - deployment.apps/web configured
Waiting for deployments to stabilize...
 - deployment/web is ready.
Deployments stabilized in 2.223 seconds

(base) pradeep:~$

(base) pradeep:~$kubectl get nodes
NAME     STATUS   ROLES           AGE   VERSION
custom   Ready    control-plane   39m   v1.30.0
(base) pradeep:~$kubectl get pods 
NAME                   READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
web-8664dfc774-9pngg   1/1     Running   0          21s
(base) pradeep:~$
(base) pradeep:~$kubectl get deploy
NAME   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
web    1/1     1            1           3m2s
(base) pradeep:~$kubectl get svc   
NAME         TYPE           CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP    PORT(S)          AGE
kubernetes   ClusterIP      10.96.0.1      <none>         443/TCP          39m
web          LoadBalancer   10.98.123.96   10.98.123.96   3000:32071/TCP   3m6s
(base) pradeep:~$

You have now successfully deployed your application in two ways.

Congratulations, you successfully deployed with Skaffold!

You have learned how to use Skaffold for continuous development, integration, and delivery.

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