Environment

By default, werf assumes that each release should be tainted with some environment, such as staging, test or production.

Using this environment, werf determines:

  1. Release name.
  2. Kubernetes namespace.

The environment is a required parameter for deploying and should be specified either with an --env option or determined automatically using the data for the CI/CD system used. See the CI/CD configuration integration for more info.

Release name

The release name is constructed using the template [[ project ]]-[[ env ]] by default. Here, [[ project ]] refers to the project name and [[ env ]] refers to the specified or detected environment.

For example, for the project named symfony-demo, the following Helm Release names can be constructed depending on the environment:

  • symfony-demo-stage for the stage environment;
  • symfony-demo-test for the test environment;
  • symfony-demo-prod for the prod environment.

You can redefine the release using the --release NAME deploy option. In that case werf would use the specified name as is.

You can also define the custom release name in the werf.yaml configuration by setting deploy.helmRelease.

Slugging the release name

The name of the Helm Release constructed using the template will be slugified to fit the requirements for the release name. This procedure generates a unique and valid Helm Release name.

This is the default behavior. You can disable it by setting deploy.helmReleaseSlug=false in the werf.yaml configuration.

Kubernetes namespace

The Kubernetes namespace is constructed using the template [[ project ]]-[[ env ]] by default. Here, [[ project ]] refers to the project name and [[ env ]] refers to the environment.

For example, for the project named symfony-demo, there can be the following Kubernetes namespaces depending on the environment specified:

  • symfony-demo-stage for the stage environment;
  • symfony-demo-test for the test environment;
  • symfony-demo-prod for the prod environment.

You can redefine the Kubernetes Namespace using the --namespace NAMESPACE deploy option. In that case, werf would use the specified name as is.

You can also define the custom Kubernetes Namespace in the werf.yaml configuration by setting deploy.namespace parameter.

Slugging Kubernetes namespace

The Kubernetes namespace that is constructed using the template will be slugified to fit the DNS Label requirements that generates a unique and valid Kubernetes Namespace.

This is default behavior. It can be disabled by setting deploy.namespaceSlug=false in the werf.yaml configuration.