---
title: vela dry-run
---

Dry Run an application, and output the K8s resources as result to stdout

### Synopsis

Dry-run application locally, render the Kubernetes resources as result to stdout.
	vela dry-run -d /definition/directory/or/file/ -f /path/to/app.yaml

You can also specify a remote url for app:
	vela dry-run -d /definition/directory/or/file/ -f https://remote-host/app.yaml


```
vela dry-run
```

### Examples

```
vela dry-run
```

### Options

```
  -d, --definition string   specify a definition file or directory, it will only be used in dry-run rather than applied to K8s cluster
  -e, --env string          specify environment name for application
  -f, --file string         application file name (default "./app.yaml")
  -h, --help                help for dry-run
  -n, --namespace string    specify the Kubernetes namespace to use
      --offline dry-run     Run dry-run in offline / local mode, all validation steps will be skipped
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -y, --yes   Assume yes for all user prompts
```

### SEE ALSO



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