diff --git a/00-defs/skaffold.yaml b/00-defs/skaffold.yaml
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+++ b/00-defs/skaffold.yaml
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+apiVersion: skaffold/v3
+kind: Config
+metadata:
+  name: pomerium
+manifests:
+  rawYaml:
+    - 00-namespace.yaml
+    - 01-crd.yaml
+    - 02-roles.yaml
+    - 49-cert-manager-crd.yaml
+    - 49-cert-manager-roles.yaml
diff --git a/10-vols/skaffold.yaml b/10-vols/skaffold.yaml
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+++ b/10-vols/skaffold.yaml
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+apiVersion: skaffold/v3
+kind: Config
+metadata:
+  name: pomerium
+manifests:
+  rawYaml:
+    - volumes.yaml
+    - claims.yaml
diff --git a/20-kube/skaffold.yaml b/20-kube/skaffold.yaml
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+++ b/20-kube/skaffold.yaml
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+apiVersion: skaffold/v3
+kind: Config
+metadata:
+  name: pomerium
+manifests:
+  rawYaml:
+    - 05-idp-secret.yaml
+    - 10-pom-pom.yaml
+    - 20-pom-deploy.yaml
+    - 21-pom-svc.yaml
diff --git a/30-cert-manager/skaffold.yaml b/30-cert-manager/skaffold.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/30-cert-manager/skaffold.yaml
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+apiVersion: skaffold/v3
+kind: Config
+metadata:
+  name: pomerium
+manifests:
+  rawYaml:
+    - 50-cert-manager.yaml
+    - 51-pomerium-production-issuer.yaml
+    - 51-pomerium-staging-issuer.yaml
+    - 60-auth-cert.yaml
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
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+apiVersion: skaffold/v3
+kind: Config
+metadata:
+  name: pomerium
+manifests:
+  rawYaml:
+  - ingress-default.yaml
+  - ingress-static.yaml
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
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+++ b/tasks.py
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+from invoke import task
+from invoke.exceptions import UnexpectedExit
+@task
+def delete(ctx):
+    ctx.run("cd 30-cert-manager; skaffold delete")
+    ctx.run("cd 20-kube; skaffold delete")
+    ctx.run("cd 10-vols; skaffold delete")
+    ctx.run("cd 00-defs; skaffold delete")
+
+@task
+def run(ctx):
+    ctx.run("cd 00-defs; skaffold run", echo=True)
+    ctx.run("cd 10-vols; skaffold run", echo=True)
+    ctx.run("cd 20-kube; skaffold run", echo=True)
+    # here we must wait for cert-manager-webhook.cert-manager.svc
+    ctx.run("cd 30-cert-manager; skaffold run", echo=True, warn=True)
+    ctx.run("cd 30-cert-manager; skaffold run", echo=True)
+
+    try:
+        ctx.run("kubectl get -n pomerium ingress | grep 80")
+    except UnexpectedExit:
+        raise SystemExit("expected cm-acme-http-solver-... ingress on port 80")