github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2@v2.13.2/docs-v2/content/en/docs/deployers/kpt.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "Kpt [UPDATED]" 3 linkTitle: "Kpt [UPDATED]" 4 weight: 30 5 featureId: deploy 6 aliases: [/docs/pipeline-stages/deployers/kpt] 7 --- 8 9 ## Rendering with kpt 10 11 [`kpt`](https://kpt.dev/) allows Kubernetes 12 developers to customize raw, template-free YAML files for multiple purposes. 13 Skaffold can work with `kpt` by calling its command-line interface. 14 15 ### Configuration 16 17 To use kpt with Skaffold, add deploy type `kpt` to the `deploy` 18 section of `skaffold.yaml`. 19 20 The `kpt` type offers the following options: 21 22 {{< schema root="KptDeploy" >}} 23 24 Each entry in `paths` should point to a folder with a kustomization file. 25 26 `flags` section offers the following options: 27 28 {{< schema root="KubectlFlags" >}} 29 30 ### Example 31 32 The following `deploy` section instructs Skaffold to deploy 33 artifacts using kpt: 34 35 {{% readfile file="samples/deployers/kpt.yaml" %}} 36 37 {{< alert title="Note" >}} 38 kpt CLI must be installed on your machine. Skaffold will not 39 install it. 40 {{< /alert >}}