Why do I need to add this file to my JAVA projects before deploying the project on cloud foundry? Is it mandatory?
What is a manifest.yml file in cloud foundry?
The file is an application deployment descriptor.This means that it contains information needed to deploy the application on cloud doundry e.g. name of the application, path to the application .war or .jar file and so on.
why do i need it? It is not needed. The file is optional. Although using the file is helpful so that we don't have to give the application name, path etc in the cli command when deploying the file every time. The cf push command looks for a manifest.yml file in the directory from where the push command is executed and uses the deployment values from this file.
Why do i need to add this file to my JAVA projects before deploying the project on cloud foundry? As explained above, one does not need it.
Is it mandatory? Not at all