github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2@v2.13.2/docs-v2/content/en/docs/renderers/kustomize.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "Kustomize" 3 linkTitle: "Kustomize" 4 weight: 30 5 featureId: render 6 aliases: [/docs/pipeline-stages/renderers/kustomize] 7 --- 8 9 ## Rendering with kustomize 10 11 [`kustomize`](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize) allows Kubernetes 12 developers to customize raw, template-free YAML files for multiple purposes. 13 Skaffold can work with `kustomize` by calling its command-line interface. 14 15 ### Configuration 16 17 To use kustomize with Skaffold, add render type `kustomize` to the `manifests` 18 section of `skaffold.yaml`. 19 20 The `kustomize` configuration accepts a list of paths to folders containing a kustomize.yaml file. 21 22 ### Example 23 The following `manifests` section instructs Skaffold to render 24 artifacts using kustomize. Each entry should point to a folder with a kustomize.yaml file. 25 26 27 {{% readfile file="samples/renderers/kustomize.yaml" %}} 28 29 {{< alert title="Note" >}} 30 kustomize CLI must be installed on your machine. Skaffold will not 31 install it. 32 {{< /alert >}}