Implementation:Kubeflow Pipelines Kustomize Build Apply

Sources	Kubeflow Pipelines, Kustomize
Domains	Infrastructure, Deployment
Last Updated	2026-02-13

Overview

External Tool Doc for rendering and applying KFP Kubernetes manifests using kustomize build piped to kubectl apply.

Description

The deployment process uses two-phase application: first cluster-scoped resources (CRDs, namespace, cluster RBAC), then namespace-scoped resources via environment-specific overlays. Available environments:

platform-agnostic (default, MySQL)
platform-agnostic-emissary
platform-agnostic-pns
platform-agnostic-multi-user
platform-agnostic-postgresql

Usage

Run after cluster preparation. Choose KFP_ENV based on target platform.

Code Reference

Source Location: Repository: kubeflow/pipelines

File	Lines
`manifests/kustomize/README.md`	L20-24
`manifests/kustomize/cluster-scoped-resources/kustomization.yaml`	L1-27
`manifests/kustomize/env/platform-agnostic/kustomization.yaml`	L1-22

Commands:

# Phase 1: Cluster-scoped resources
kustomize build cluster-scoped-resources/ | kubectl apply -f -
kubectl wait crd/applications.app.k8s.io --for condition=established --timeout=60s

# Phase 2: Namespace-scoped resources
KFP_ENV=platform-agnostic
kustomize build "env/${KFP_ENV}/" | kubectl apply -f -

Tools Required: kustomize, kubectl

I/O Contract

Direction	Details
Inputs	Cluster access (valid `kubeconfig`) Choice of environment overlay (`KFP_ENV`)
Outputs	All KFP resources deployed: CRDs Namespace API server UI Persistence agent Argo MySQL SeaweedFS

Usage Examples

Full deployment sequence:

KFP_ENV=platform-agnostic
kustomize build cluster-scoped-resources/ | kubectl apply -f -
kubectl wait crd/applications.app.k8s.io --for condition=established --timeout=60s
kustomize build "env/${KFP_ENV}/" | kubectl apply -f -

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