Hello I m using prefect 1 with kubernetes agents so far i us

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Hello I m using prefect 1 with kubernetes agents so far i used to launch through `prefect agent kubernetes start` and i am trying to migrate to `prefect agent kubernetes install` to generate a yaml file I use the job template option which is is there a workaround

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Hi Emma `kubernetes start` and `kubernetes install` are two separate commands Here is the template that comes by default You can pass it in when you start the agent

Emma Rizzi · Answer

Hi < Christopher Boyd> i would like to stop using the command `kubernetes start` to launch my agent as a kubernetes process hence why i used `kubernetes install` to generate the yaml file but still miss the job template and I can t find how to add it confused

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Are you running in cluster or external to the cluster

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Or that s what you re looking tod o you re looking to run the agent in cluster and pass in a job spec

Emma Rizzi · Answer

I m not sure to understand the question thinking face i execute the command outside of the cluster with kubeconfig where my actual agent is running I want the agent inside the cluster but with the job template as it holds needed configuration

Emma Rizzi · Answer

Yes thats exactly it

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Ok I understand now I ll need a few minutes

Emma Rizzi · Answer

Thanks a lot no rush as its getting late in my location Ill probably continue next week slightly smiling face

Christopher Boyd · Answer

If you have a standard job template you would like to use you can replace the job template in the image <https github com PrefectHQ prefect blob 1 x src prefect agent kubernetes job template yaml>

Christopher Boyd · Answer

alternatively you can create a new job template in the working directory of the image and just pass that in to the start command with job template on the pod spec

Emma Rizzi · Answer

Thanks a lot I will try those and keep you updated blush

Christopher Boyd · Answer

essentially it s just taking the default image in the deployment spec prefecthq prefect 1 4 1 python3 7 and updating to include your own job template in the image

Christopher Boyd · Answer

note the path can be anywhere in the image since you can specify with the job template command

Christopher Boyd · Answer

so you can put it in tmp or something in the new image

Christopher Boyd · Answer

then in the deployment yaml the start command would be like ```prefect kubernetes start job template tmp custom job yaml```

Emma Rizzi · Answer

< Christopher Boyd> Finally had time to complete that I did as you suggested For anyone stumbling accross this I built a custom prefect image containing my job template changed the start command in the agent yaml generated by kubernetes install and I also had to apply this file in the same workspace to have the correct permissions on my agent It worked as intended thanks a lot slightly smiling face