Debug Problems with a Manifest File

If a declarative manifest file is not applied because of an error, you can rerun the manifest application CLI command with a debugging option to see the error in the output, correct the error, and then re-apply the manifest.

Prerequisites

• Install the CLI.

• Log in to the Tanzu Service Mesh CLI.

• Make sure that the Tanzu Service Mesh CLI can access your declarative manifest files in the local folder where you cloned them from the Git repository.

Procedure

1. In a terminal window, change to the local folder where you cloned the manifest files from the Git repository.
2. Run the following CLI command.

   tanzu sm apply -f {manifest YAML file} --debug

   sm is the alias for the Tanzu Service Mesh plugin in the Tanzu CLI. You can replace sm with service-mesh. {manifest YAML file} is the name of the manifest YAML file that was not applied.

3. Locate the error in the output of the command.
4. Correct the error and re-apply the manifest file.