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Dapr Kubernetes pod annotations spec

The available annotations available when configuring Dapr in your Kubernetes environment

The following table shows all the supported pod Spec annotations supported by Dapr.

Annotation Description
dapr.io/enabled Setting this paramater to true injects the Dapr sidecar into the pod
dapr.io/app-port This parameter tells Dapr which port your application is listening on
dapr.io/app-id The unique ID of the application. Used for service discovery, state encapsulation and the pub/sub consumer ID
dapr.io/log-level Sets the log level for the Dapr sidecar. Allowed values are debug, info, warn, error. Default is info
dapr.io/config Tells Dapr which Configuration CRD to use
dapr.io/log-as-json Setting this parameter to true outputs logs in JSON format. Default is false
dapr.io/enable-profiling Setting this paramater to true starts the Dapr profiling server on port 7777. Default is false
dapr.io/api-token-secret Tells Dapr which Kubernetes secret to use for token based API authentication. By default this is not set.
dapr.io/app-protocol Tells Dapr which protocol your application is using. Valid options are http and grpc. Default is http
dapr.io/app-max-concurrency Limit the concurrency of your application. A valid value is any number larger than 0
dapr.io/app-ssl Tells Dapr to invoke the app over an insecure SSL connection. Applies to both HTTP and gRPC. Default is false.
dapr.io/metrics-port Sets the port for the sidecar metrics server. Default is 9090
dapr.io/sidecar-cpu-limit Maximum amount of CPU that the Dapr sidecar can use. See valid values here. By default this is not set
dapr.io/sidecar-memory-limit Maximum amount of Memory that the Dapr sidecar can use. See valid values here. By default this is not set
dapr.io/sidecar-cpu-request Amount of CPU that the Dapr sidecar requests. See valid values here. By default this is not set
dapr.io/sidecar-memory-request Amount of Memory that the Dapr sidecar requests .See valid values here. By default this is not set
dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-delay-seconds Number of seconds after the sidecar container has started before liveness probe is initiated. Read more here. Default is 3
dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-timeout-seconds Number of seconds after which the sidecar liveness probe times out. Read more here. Default is 3
dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-period-seconds How often (in seconds) to perform the sidecar liveness probe. Read more here. Default is 6
dapr.io/sidecar-liveness-probe-threshold When the sidecar liveness probe fails, Kubernetes will try N times before giving up. In this case, the Pod will be marked Unhealthy. Read more about failureThreshold here. Default is 3
dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-delay-seconds Number of seconds after the sidecar container has started before readiness probe is initiated. Read more here. Default is 3
dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-timeout-seconds Number of seconds after which the sidecar readiness probe times out. Read more here. Default is 3
dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-period-seconds How often (in seconds) to perform the sidecar readiness probe. Read more here. Default is 6
dapr.io/sidecar-readiness-probe-threshold When the sidecar readiness probe fails, Kubernetes will try N times before giving up. In this case, the Pod will be marked Unready. Read more about failureThreshold here. Default is 3
Last modified July 7, 2022: update nav bar v0.11 (#2633) (b309d3d)