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Vela is a Pipeline Automation (CI/CD) framework built on Linux container technology written in Golang.

From kubevela-vela-cli 1.10.8-r9 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running vela --help (exit 0). permalink

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A Highly Extensible Platform Engine based on Kubernetes and Open Application Model.

Getting Started:
  init           	Create scaffold for an application.
  up             	Deploy one application.
  status         	Show status of an application.
  ls             	List applications.
  delete         	Delete an application.
  env            	Manage environments for vela applications to run.
  show           	Show the reference doc for a component, trait, policy or workflow.

Managing Applications:
  addon          	Manage addons for extension.
  dry-run        	Dry Run an application, and output the K8s resources as result to stdout.
  live-diff      	Compare application and revisions.
  logs           	Tail logs for application.
  port-forward   	Forward local ports to container/service port of vela application.
  exec           	Execute command in a container.
  revision       	Manage Application Revisions.
  debug          	Debug running application.

Continuous Delivery:
  workflow       	Operate application delivery workflow.
  adopt          	Adopt resources into new application.

Managing Platform:
  top            	Launch UI to display the platform overview.
  cluster        	Manage Kubernetes clusters.
  auth           	Manage identity and authorizations.
  config         	Manage the configs.
  config-template	Manage the template of config.

Managing Extensions:
  uischema       	Manage UI schema for addons.
  component      	List/get components.
  trait          	List/get traits.
  def            	Manage definitions.

System Tools:
  install        	Installs or Upgrades Kubevela control plane on a Kubernetes cluster.
  uninstall      	Uninstalls KubeVela from a Kubernetes cluster.
  system         	Manage system.
  version        	Prints vela build version information.

Auxiliary Tools:
  kube           	Managing native Kubernetes resources across clusters.
  cuex           	Manage CueX engine for compile.
  ql             	Show result of executing velaQL.
  completion     	Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh).
  help           	Help about any command.

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for vela

Use "vela [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Options (1)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helphelp for velahelp

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