Another unrelated k8s deployment question 1 `prefect cli` ta

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Another unrelated k8s deployment question 1 `prefect cli` talks to `orion` via kubectl port forward 2 `prefect agent` knows about `orion` via the k8s service setting api url env var Hence the question how does `prefect deploy` command interact with an `prefect agent` if `orion` does not know about agent as well

Christopher Boyd · Answer

You would configure the prefect agent with an api url that points to Orion

Christopher Boyd · Answer

And locally you would also configure your api url to Orion

Tony Popov · Answer

yes exactly so agent registers itself in Orion right

Christopher Boyd · Answer

No you configure it when you deploy the agent

Christopher Boyd · Answer

It doesn t register itself so to speak unless we are saying the same thing in different ways

Christopher Boyd · Answer

You deploy an agent and set the api url this would be an env var for the pod

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Agents are outbound connections only they are polling Orion for work

Tony Popov · Answer

ok I see

Tony Popov · Answer

thanks that s also very helpful