Feature Flags
Setting any feature flag variable as an Admin Variable will enable that feature flag for all operations within the cluster. Admin variables are equivalent to defining that variable on every developer's machine.
Below is a list of those variables that you can use to leverage these newer and experimental features:
| Environment Variable | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| OKTETO_SMART_BUILDS_ENABLED | Enables the Smart Builds feature that uses a hash of the build context to determine if an image needs to be rebuilt or can be pulled from the registry. This can accelerate build times. | true |
| OKTETO_COMPOSE_VOLUME_AFFINITY_ENABLED | Compose services mounting the same volume will be placed on the same node using Kubernetes's pod affinity. | true |
| OKTETO_KUBERNETES_TIMEOUT | Specifies the timeout while deploying. | 0 |
| OKTETO_FORCE_REMOTE | If true, the CLI will run deploy and destroy commands on the cluster instead of running them locally. | false |
| OKTETO_FOLDER | Defines the path where the Okteto folder is located. | $OKTETO_HOME/.okteto |
| OKTETO_LOCAL_REGISTRY_STORE_PRIORITY_ENABLED | Gives more priority to the local registry credentials than the Okteto Registry Credentials. | false |
| OKTETO_SUPPORT_STACKS_ENABLED | Support Okteto Stacks syntax | false |
| OKTETO_USE_STATIC_KUBETOKEN | Use a fixed token rather than a dynamic token for interactions with the Kubernetes API. | false |
| OKTETO_AUTOGENERATE_STIGNORE | If true, generates the .stignore file when running okteto up. | false |
| OKTETO_AUTODEPLOY | If set, forces the deployment of the development environment on okteto up. | false |
| OKTETO_COMPOSE_UPDATE_STRATEGY | Defines the update strategy that the compose must translate (it can be one of: rolling/recreate/on-delete). | N/A |
| OKTETO_DISABLE_SPINNER | If set, disables the spinner rotation. | false |
| OKTETO_SYNCTHING_VERSION | Specifies the Syncthing version the CLI must use. | N/A |