@Marvin I have a prefect deployment defined in a prefect.yaml file. I want to deploy this deployment under a different name. How can I do that?

To deploy your Prefect deployment with a different name, you need to use the

prefect deployment create

command and specify the new name for your deployment. There is the imperative way to do it using Python code, but since you have a

prefect.yaml

file, you should utilize the CLI. Here's the general CLI command structure:

shell
prefect deployment create path/to/prefect.yaml -n NEW_DEPLOYMENT_NAME

Replace

path/to/prefect.yaml

with the actual path to your Prefect YAML file and

NEW_DEPLOYMENT_NAME

with the desired new name for your deployment. Please keep in mind that you'll also need to ensure that other unique identifiers for the deployment, such as tags or flow versions, are appropriately managed to avoid conflicts. Unfortunately, I don't have the exact CLI command available, so you might want to check the latest Prefect 2.0 documentation or help using the command

prefect deployment create --help

for the most up-to-date information.

@Marvin I have multiple deployments, how can I select only one of them?

To select a specific deployment to update when you have multiple deployments, you'll need to specify the unique name of the deployment you want to update. Prefect supports multiple deployment declarations within the

prefect.yaml

file, and each deployment must have a unique name field. Here's how you can do it: 1. Open your

prefect.yaml

file and identify the unique

name

field for the deployment you want to select. 2. Use the following command structure to deploy or update the chosen deployment:

shell
prefect deployment create /path/to/prefect.yaml --name UNIQUE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME

- Replace

/path/to/prefect.yaml

with the actual path to your Prefect YAML file. - Replace

UNIQUE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME

with the unique name of the deployment you wish to update. For more details, you can refer to the Prefect documentation on deploying with prefect.yaml.

@Marvin Usage: prefect deployment [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]... Try ‘prefect deployment --help’ for help. ╭─ Error ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ No such command ‘create’.

It seems there has been a mistake, as there is no

prefect deployment create

command in Prefect 2.0. Instead, the correct command to apply a deployment is

prefect deployment apply

. Here's the corrected command to apply your deployment with Prefect:

shell
prefect deployment apply /path/to/prefect.yaml

Replace

/path/to/prefect.yaml

with the actual path to your Prefect YAML file. If you want to deploy with a new name, you may have to modify the

prefect.yaml

file and update the

name

field for the deployment you want to change before applying it. For additional information, you can refer to the Prefect documentation on creating a deployment.

@Marvin I got another error: ‘prefect.yaml’ did not conform to deployment spec: AttributeError(“‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘name’“)

The error message you've received suggests that there's an issue with your

prefect.yaml

file, specifically that it's missing a

name

attribute for a deployment. To resolve this, make sure that: 1. The

prefect.yaml

file conforms to the expected structure for deployment specifications. 2. Each deployment defined in your

prefect.yaml

has a

name

property assigned to it. A typical deployment entry in the

prefect.yaml

should look something like this:

yaml
- name: my-deployment-name
  flow_location: path/to/flow.py
  flow_name: my_flow_function_name
  # More optional fields like schedule, tags, etc.

Ensure that each deployment block in your

prefect.yaml

file includes the

name

property and that it is properly indented as part of the deployment configuration. Also, verify that there are no duplicate names and that other required fields are present and correctly formatted. If the error persists, please consider revising the

prefect.yaml

based on deployment configuration guidance or share the

prefect.yaml

(with sensitive information redacted) so that we may provide more targeted assistance.