Skaffold modules and profiles¶

Skaffold is built around the concepts of modules and profiles to enable fast development iteration and to control deployments to local or remote clusters^[README.md]. By using these structures, users can define and execute specific deployment workflows tailored to different components or environments^[README.md].

Usage¶

Modules and profiles allow for granular control over the deployment process^[README.md]. Users can invoke specific modules using the -m flag to deploy distinct stacks of software^[README.md].

The following examples demonstrate how modules can be combined to incrementally build a Service mesh environment:

1. Core Service Mesh: To deploy the base Istio control plane components:

   [Skaffold](<./skaffold.md>) run -m istiod
   

   This command deploys istio-base and istio^[README.md].

2. With Ingress: To add the Ingress gateway to the core stack:

   [Skaffold](<./skaffold.md>) run -m [Ingress](<./ingress.md>)
   

   This command deploys istio-base, istio, and ingress^[README.md].

3. With Observability: To include Kiali for visualization:

   [Skaffold](<./skaffold.md>) run -m [Ingress](<./ingress.md>),kiali
   

   This command deploys istio-base, istio, ingress, and kiali^[README.md].

4. Full Demo Stack: To deploy the complete sample application:

   [Skaffold](<./skaffold.md>) run -m [Ingress](<./ingress.md>),kiali,bookinfo
   

   This command deploys istio-base, istio, ingress, kiali, and bookinfo^[README.md].

Sources¶

^[README.md]

Related¶

• Skaffold
• Istio
• [[Kiali]]