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_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_BUILDKIT_FRONTEND_IMAGE | Specifies the default docker image to use for the BuildKit frontend | Built-in Dockerfile frontend |
| OKTETO_BUILDKIT_MAX_RETRIES_FOR_TRANSIENT_ERRORS | Specifies the maximum number of retry attempts for build processes that fail due to transient (temporary) BuildKit errors | 3 |
| OKTETO_BUILDKIT_WAIT_TIMEOUT | Specifies the maximum duration to wait for BuildKit to become available | 10m |
| OKTETO_BUILDKIT_RETRY_INTERVAL | Specifies the interval between successive checks of BuildKit's availability status | 5s |
| 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_COMPOSE_VOLUME_AFFINITY_ENABLED | Compose services mounting the same volume will be placed on the same node using Kubernetes's pod affinity | true |
| OKTETO_DEV_PERSISTENT_VOLUME_SIZE | Override the default persistent volume size for dev containers | N/A |
| OKTETO_DISABLE_SPINNER | If set, disables the spinner rotation | false |
| OKTETO_FOLDER | Defines the path where the Okteto folder is located | $OKTETO_HOME/.okteto |
| OKTETO_KUBERNETES_TIMEOUT | Specifies the timeout while deploying | 0 |
| OKTETO_LOCAL_REGISTRY_STORE_PRIORITY_ENABLED | Gives more priority to the local registry credentials than the Okteto Registry Credentials | false |
| 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_SUPPORT_STACKS_ENABLED | Support Okteto Stacks syntax | false |
| OKTETO_SYNCTHING_VERSION | Specifies the Syncthing version the CLI must use | N/A |
| OKTETO_USE_STATIC_KUBETOKEN | Use a fixed token rather than a dynamic token for interactions with the Kubernetes API | false |