Create application

This how-to guide will show you how to create a NAIS manifest for your application.

Setup

Inside your application repository, create a .nais-folder.

cd <MY-APP>
mkdir .nais

Create a file called app.yaml in the .nais-folder.

touch .nais/app.yaml

Define your application

Below is a basic example of an application manifest.

Add the following content to the file, and insert the appropriate values in the placeholders on the highlighted lines:

.nais/app.yaml

apiVersion: nais.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  labels:
    team: <MY-TEAM>
  name: <MY-APP>
  namespace: <MY-TEAM>
spec:
  image: {{image}} # Placeholder variable to be replaced by the CI/CD pipeline
  port: 8080
  replicas:
    max: 2
    min: 4
  resources:
    requests:
      cpu: 200m
      memory: 128Mi

This application manifest represents a very basic daemon application. You will likely want to add more configuration to your application manifest based on your needs.

Related pages

Build and deploy your application to NAIS.

Expose your application.

Application spec reference.

Full Application example.

Good practices for NAIS workloads.