github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2@v2.13.2/docs-v2/content/en/docs/deployers/docker.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "Docker" 3 linkTitle: "Docker" 4 weight: 50 5 featureId: deploy.docker 6 aliases: [/docs/pipeline-stages/deployers/docker] 7 --- 8 9 {{< alert title="Note" >}} 10 This feature is currently experimental and subject to change. 11 {{< /alert >}} 12 13 ## Deploying applications to a local Docker daemon 14 15 For simple container-based applications that don't rely on 16 Kubernetes resource types, Skaffold can "deploy" these applications 17 by running application containers directly in your local Docker daemon. 18 This enables application developers who are not yet ready to make the jump 19 to Kubernetes to take advantage of the streamlined development experience 20 Skaffold provides. 21 22 Additionally, deploying to Docker bypasses the overhead of pushing 23 images to a remote registry, and provides a faster time to running 24 application than traditional Kubernetes deployments. 25 26 ### Configuration 27 28 To deploy to your local Docker daemon, specify the `docker` deploy type 29 in the `deploy` section of your `skaffold.yaml`. 30 31 The `docker` deploy type offers the following options: 32 33 {{< schema root="DockerDeploy" >}} 34 35 ### Example 36 37 The following `deploy` section instructs Skaffold to deploy 38 the application image `my-image` to the local Docker daemon: 39 40 {{% readfile file="samples/deployers/docker.yaml" %}} 41 42 {{< alert title="Note" >}} 43 Images listed to be deployed with the `docker` deployer **must also have a corresponding build artifact built by Skaffold.** 44 {{< /alert >}}