# kbld

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/carvel/kbld/  
**Provider:** Carvel — https://apis.io/providers/carvel/  
**Documentation:** https://carvel.dev/kbld/

kbld is one of 7 APIs that [Carvel](https://apis.io/providers/carvel/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Container Images, Immutable, and Kubernetes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

kbld builds or references container images in Kubernetes configuration in an immutable way by resolving image tags to digests and optionally building images from source during the deployment pipeline.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://carvel.dev/kbld/docs/latest/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/carvel-dev/kbld

## Other Carvel APIs (6)

- [ytt](https://apis.io/apis/carvel/ytt/)
- [kapp](https://apis.io/apis/carvel/kapp/)
- [imgpkg](https://apis.io/apis/carvel/imgpkg/)
- [vendir](https://apis.io/apis/carvel/vendir/)
- [kapp-controller](https://apis.io/apis/carvel/kapp-controller/)
- [secretgen-controller](https://apis.io/apis/carvel/secretgen-controller/)

## Tags

Container Images, Immutable, Kubernetes

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/carvel/kbld/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/carvel/.