Project: DevSpace (App Definition and Development / Application Definition & Image Build)
File: devspace_dev.md

title: "Command - devspace dev" sidebar_label: devspace dev Starts the development mode ``` devspace dev [flags] ``` ``` Starts your project in development mode: Builds your Docker images and override entrypoints if specified Deploys the deployments via helm or kubectl Forwards container ports to the local computer Starts the sync client Streams the logs of deployed containers Open terminal instead of logs: Use "devspace dev -t" for opening a terminal ``` ``` --build-sequential Builds the images one after another instead of in parallel --dependency strings Deploys only the specified named dependencies --deployments string Only deploy a specific deployment (You can specify multiple deployments comma-separated --exit-after-deploy Exits the command after building the images and deploying the project -b, --force-build Forces to build every image --force-dependencies Forces to re-evaluate dependencies (use with --force-build --force-deploy to actually force building & deployment of dependencies) (default true) -d, --force-deploy Forces to deploy every deployment -h, --help help for dev -i, --interactive DEPRECATED: DO NOT USE ANYMORE --max-concurrent-builds int The maximum number of image builds built in parallel (0 for infinite) --open Open defined URLs in the browser, if defined (default true) --portforwarding Enable port forwarding (default true) --print-sync If enabled will print the sync log to the terminal --skip-build Skips building of images --skip-dependency strings Skips the following dependencies for deployment -x, --skip-pipeline Skips build & deployment and only starts sync, portforwarding & terminal --skip-push Skips image pushing, useful for minikube deployment --skip-push-local-kube Skips image pushing, if a local kubernetes environment is detected (default true) --sync Enable code synchronization (default true) -t, --terminal Open a terminal instead of showing logs --terminal-reconnect Will try to reconnect the terminal if an unexpected exit code was encountered (default true) --timeout int Timeout until dev should stop waiting and fail (default 120) --ui Start the ui server (default true) --ui-port int The port to use when opening the ui server --verbose-dependencies Deploys the dependencies verbosely (default true) --verbose-sync When enabled the sync will log every file change --wait If true will wait first for pods to be running or fails after given timeout --workdir string The working directory where to open the terminal or execute the command ``` ``` --config string The devspace config file to use --debug Prints the stack trace if an error occurs --disable-profile-activation If true will ignore all profile activations --inactivity-timeout int Minutes the current user is inactive (no mouse or keyboard interaction) until DevSpace will exit automatically. 0 to disable. Only supported on windows and mac operating systems (default 180) --kube-context string The kubernetes context to use -n, --namespace string The kubernetes namespace to use --no-warn If true does not show any warning when deploying into a different namespace or kube-context than before -p, --profile strings The DevSpace profiles to apply. Multiple profiles are applied in the order they are specified --profile-parent strings One or more profiles that should be applied before the specified profile (e.g. devspace dev --profile-parent=base1 --profile-parent=base2 --profile=my-profile) --profile-refresh If true will pull and re-download profile parent sources --restore-vars If true will restore the variables from kubernetes before loading the config --save-vars If true will save the variables to kubernetes after loading the config --silent Run in silent mode and prevents any devspace log output except panics & fatals -s, --switch-context DEPRECATED: Switches and uses the last kube context and namespace that was used to deploy the DevSpace project --var strings Variables to override during execution (e.g. --var=MYVAR=MYVALUE) --vars-secret string The secret to restore/save the variables from/to, if --restore-vars or --save-vars is enabled (default "devspace-vars") ```