Manifest file
A manifest file is a machine-readable document that declares metadata, configuration, contents, or resources associated with a software artifact, application, or collection.
Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition
A deployment manifest is a declarative file specifying the resources and configuration required to deploy software to an environment.
- How it is used
- Describes containerized application deployments consistently across laptops, datacenters, and clouds.
- How deep it goes
- Defines manifests through their deployment role and formats, but does not detail fields, syntax, or resource semantics.
- Examples
- Uses Docker Compose and Kubernetes application manifests as deployment-document examples for a portable containerized application.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Docker Compose or Kubernetes to describe a deployable application without changing its code.
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Designing Deep Learning Systems: A guide for software engineers
A file that records metadata or associations describing the contents of a dataset or collection of files.
- How it is used
- Defines dataset associations and supplies model-serving metadata needed to interpret predictions.
- How deep it goes
- Explains concrete CSV and JSON layouts and loading responsibilities, while keeping learned parameters and vocabulary in separate files.
- Examples
- Uses image CSV manifests, an examples directory, and an intent-classification manifest.json with class mappings.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure dataset ingestion and model serving by providing file associations, metadata, and prediction-class mappings.
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Automating API Delivery
A deployment manifest is a declarative file that specifies the resources and configuration required to deploy an application or service.
- How it is used
- Deploys application and API gateway configuration through a version-controlled GitOps workflow.
- How deep it goes
- Traces templates through generated manifests and repository merges to deployment, while noting credential and drift limitations.
- Examples
- Uses application manifest templates, generated configuration files, configuration repositories, and API gateway settings.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure deployments by generating, versioning, reviewing, and applying manifests to a specified environment.
Related concepts
- file-level metadatakind of · Metadata describing individual data files, including their locations and query-relevant statistics.
- compactionused by · Compaction is the consolidation or reorganization of data, objects, or context to reduce length or fragmentation while preserving what is needed.
- versionhas part · A version is a distinct, identifiable state or revision of an artifact, system, or product.
- project filepart of · A project file is a configuration file that defines a software project’s metadata, source files, dependencies, and build settings.
- requirements.txtincludes · requirements.txt is a conventional text file that specifies Python project dependencies and may include version constraints or package sources.
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