Hey Prefecters! I have created a new prefect.yaml file for deployment, but when I run prefect deploy --all it throws the following error even after I have defined work_pool.

Hey @UD! It looks like your work pool

my-pool

is a

prefect-agent

typed work pool.

prefect-agent

work pools aren’t compatible with

prefect deploy

. If you’d like to use

prefect deploy

, then you can create a different type of work pool for your flow to schedule runs in. If you leave

work_pool

unset in your

deployment.yaml

, the interactive CLI will help guide you through either selecting or creating a valid work pool. If you want to use a

prefect agent

work pool, then you’ll need to use

prefect deployment build

and

prefect deployment apply

in order to register your deployment.

Thanks a lot for your reply!! What type of

work-pool

is more preferred? Also can you specify what is the difference between

prefect deploy

&

prefect deployment build & apply

?

Which work pool you use depends on what type of infra structure you want to run your flow on. It’s general easiest to get started with a

process

work pool. It will run your flows in subprocesses on the same machine as your worker. The configuration between the two commands is different.

prefect deploy

allows you to configure and register multiple deployments with a single command while

prefect deployment build

and

prefect deployment apply

work with only a single deployment.

prefect deploy

is also more interactive and can help guide your to a correct setup.