odo is a fast, iterative, and straightforward CLI tool for developers who write, build, and deploy applications on Kubernetes and OpenShift.
Existing tools such as kubectl and oc are more operations-focused and require a deep-understanding of Kubernetes and OpenShift concepts. odo abstracts away complex Kubernetes and OpenShift concepts for the developer.
odo is designed to be simple and concise with the following key features:
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Simple syntax and design centered around concepts familiar to developers, such as projects, applications, and components.
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Completely client based. No additional server other than Kubernetes or OpenShift is required for deployment.
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Official support for Node.js and Java components.
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Detects changes to local code and deploys it to the cluster automatically, giving instant feedback to validate changes in real time.
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Lists all the available components and services from the cluster.
Learn more about the features provided by odo on odo.dev.
- Project
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A project is your source code, tests, and libraries organized in a separate single unit.
- Application
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An application is a program designed for end users. An application consists of multiple microservices or components that work individually to build the entire application. Examples of applications: e-Shop, Hotel Reservation System, Online Booking
- Component
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A component is a set of Kubernetes resources which host code or data. Each component can be run and deployed separately. Examples of components: Warehouse API Backend, Inventory API, Web Frontend, Payment Backend
- Service
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A service is software that your component links to or depends on. Examples of services: MariaDB, MySQL.
- Devfile
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A portable file responsible for your entire reproducible development environment.
Learn more about core concepts on odo.dev.
Devfiles describe your development environment link. Click here for more information on Devfile.
| Language | Devfile Name | Description | Devfile Source | Supported Platform |
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Java |
java-maven |
Upstream Maven and OpenJDK 11 |
amd64 |
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Java |
java-openliberty |
Open Liberty microservice in Java |
amd64 |
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Java |
java-quarkus |
Upstream Quarkus with Java+GraalVM |
amd64 |
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Java |
java-springboot |
Spring Boot® using Java |
amd64 |
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Node.JS |
nodejs |
Stack with NodeJS 14 |
amd64, s390x, ppc64le |
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Note
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The list of available Devfiles is sourced from the official devfile registry as well as any other registries added via |
To list the available Devfiles:
$ odo catalog list components Odo Devfile Components: NAME DESCRIPTION REGISTRY java-maven Upstream Maven and OpenJDK 11 DefaultDevfileRegistry java-openliberty Open Liberty microservice in Java DefaultDevfileRegistry java-quarkus Upstream Quarkus with Java+GraalVM DefaultDevfileRegistry java-springboot Spring Boot® using Java DefaultDevfileRegistry nodejs Stack with NodeJS 14 DefaultDevfileRegistry
When odo is run the first time, you will be asked to opt-in to Red Hat’s telemetry collection program.
With your approval, odo will collect pseudonymized usage data and send it to Red Hat servers to help improve our products and services. Read our privacy statement to learn more about it. For the specific data being collected and to configure this data collection process, see Usage data.
To install on Linux / Windows / macOS follow our guide located on odo.dev. All binaries and tarballs are synced between our GitHub releases and OpenShift mirrors.
The following demonstration provides an overview of deploying your first application with odo:
Discussions:
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For general help and inquiries, join our odo-users Google group.
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For any developmental discussion, use our odo-dev Google group.
Chat:
All of our developer and user discussions happen in the #odo channel on the official Kubernetes Slack.
If you haven’t already joined the Kubernetes Slack, you can invite yourself here.
Ask questions, inquire about odo or even discuss a new feature.
Issues:
If you have an issue with odo, please file it.
Documentation Issues:
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For any documentation issues on odo.dev open a GitHub issue with the documentation label.
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If you have any documentation issues related to the docs.openshift.com site, file an issue in Bugzilla. Choose the OpenShift Container Platform product type and the Documentation component type.
Want to become a contributor and submit your code? Please have a look at our Development Guide. To contribute to the documentation, please have a look at our Documentation Guide.
We work in 3-week sprint cycles. On a week when the sprint starts we have two planning calls:
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"Sprint Planning Preparation and Issue Triage" - on Monday
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"Sprint Planning" - on Wednesday
On top of our sprint planning calls, we have our regular "odo contributors call" (biweekly on Tuesdays). This is where we discuss technical challenges and anything related to odo development.
All our calls are open to public. You are welcome to join any of our calls.
You can find the exact dates of all scheduled odo calls together with sprint dates in the odo calendar (iCal format).
To participate in the calls, please join odo-dev Google group. When you join the group, you will automatically get invites to all odo related calls and get permissions to all necessary documents.
Below is a roadmap for odo where 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 are odo versions.
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Refactor
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Storage of linking info in devfile so that odo push can support this as well
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#2756 - Add
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#3026 - Support for Knative:Service (odo deploy)
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#3782 - Devfile support followup
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#2618 - Link via ServiceBindingRequest
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#2613 - Instantiate and manage services through Operator
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#4192 - Show components created by other tools in odo
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#3132 - control over how rsync and start/stop happens
These are some of the IDE plugins which use odo:
Want to try out the odo experimental mode? Please read the document for more information.