• he file defines various aspects of your application deployment, including:
  • Container image to use
  • Number of replicas (pods) to run
  • Resource requests and limits for CPU and memory
  • Environment variables for your application
  • Port mappings for containerized applications
  • Volume mounts for persistent storage
  • Network configurations (optional)
  • Security configurations (optional)

Benefits of Using Manifest Files:

• Declarative: They specify the desired state, and the Kubernetes API server works to achieve that state. This simplifies deployment management.
• Version Control: You can version control your manifest files alongside your application code, ensuring consistency and reproducibility of your deployments across environments.
• Reusability: Well-defined manifest files can be reused for deployments of the same application or similar applications.
• Portability: Manifest files can be portable across different Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters if they adhere to the same API versions.

Additional Manifest File Types:

There can be multiple manifest files for a single application deployment, defining different Kubernetes or OpenShift resources:

• Deployment: Defines how pods are created and managed.
• Service: Exposes an application running on pods as a network service.
• PersistentVolumeClaim: Requests storage for your application's data.
• ConfigMap/Secret: Stores configuration data or sensitive information for your application.