---
title: Manifest
id: manifest
date: 2019-06-28
short_description: >
  A serialized specification of one or more Kubernetes API objects.

aka:
tags:
- fundamental
---
 Specification of a Kubernetes API object in JSON or YAML format.

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A manifest specifies the desired state of an object that Kubernetes will maintain when you apply the manifest. Each configuration file can contain multiple manifests.