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Version: 4.x

Deploy Path-Based Local Dependencies

Example​

dependencies:
- source:
    path: ./different/subproject
- source:
    path: ./different/another-subproject
danger

Using local projects with path option makes the configuration in devspace.yaml harder to share compared to git based dependencies and is therefore discouraged.

source​

source.path​

The source.path option expects a string with a relative path to a folder that contains a devspace.yaml which marks a project that is a dependency of the project referencing it.

Example: Local Project as Dependency​

dependencies:
- source:
    path: ../other-project
- source:
    path: ./different/subproject

Explanation:

  • Whenever you run devspace deploy or devspace dev, DevSpace will:
    • Load the devspace.yaml files of both dependencies and resolve their dependencies respectively.
    • Deploy both projects according to their devspace.yaml files.

General Options​

profile​

The profile option expects a string with the name of a profile defined in the devspace.yaml of this dependency. When configuring this option, this profile will be used to deploy the dependency, i.e. the dependency will be deployed similar to running devspace deploy -p [profile] within the folder of the dependency.

Example: Use Config Profile for Dependency​

dependencies:
- source:
    git: https://github.com/my-api-server
  profile: production

skipBuild​

The skipBuild option expects a boolean that defines if the image building process should be skipped when deploying this dependency. This is often useful if you rather want to use the tags that are defined in the deployment files (e.g. manifests or helm charts) which may reference more stable, production-like versions of the images.

info

Using skipBuild is useful when trying to speed up the dependency deployment process, especially when working with many dependencies that frequently change.

Default Value For skipBuild​

skipBuild: false

Example: Skip Build for Dependency​

dependencies:
- source:
    git: https://github.com/my-api-server
  skipBuild: true

ignoreDependencies​

The ignoreDependencies option expects a boolean that defines if the dependencies of this dependencies should not be resolved and deployed.

info

Using ignoreDependencies can be useful to prevent problematic circular dependencies.

Default Value For ignoreDependencies​

ignoreDependencies: false

Example: Ignore Dependencies of Dependency​

dependencies:
- source:
    git: https://github.com/my-api-server
  ignoreDependencies: true

name​

The name option is optional and expects a string stating the name of this dependency.

note

Adding a name for a dependency makes it possible to reference the dependency using flags, e.g.

devspace deploy --dependency=[name]
devspace purge --dependency=[name]
devspace render --dependency=[name]

namespace​

The namespace option is optional and expects a string stating a namespace that should be used to deploy the dependency to.

note

By default, DevSpace deploys project dependencies in the same namespace as the project itself.

info

You should only use the namespace option if you are an advanced user because using this option requires any user that deploys this project to be able to create this namespace during the deployment process or to have access to the namespace with the current kube-context, if the namespace already exists.