---
title: Manifest
id: manifest
short_description: >
  A serialized specification of one or more Kubernetes API objects.

aka:
tags:
- fundamental
---
Specification of a Kubernetes API object in [JSON](https://www.json.org/json-en.html)
or [YAML](https://yaml.org/) format.

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A manifest specifies the desired state of an object that Kubernetes will maintain when you apply the manifest.
For YAML format, each file can contain multiple manifests.