How do skip the DB deploy task in Sitecore Install Framework

Question

I'm trying to install a load balanced CM pair. There are 2 CMs. I thought the install script automatically skips the DB deploy task if the DBs are installed, but doesn't look like. When I install the first CM, everything is fine. Then for the second one, I want to skip the DB Deploy task. I looked in the JSON config, and it's all wrapped in the InstallWDP task. How do you skip the individual DB deploy task? I assume this will be an issue for CD installs, as well, right?

To be more specific, I want to skip it during the execution, i.e. when calling Install-SitecoreConfiguration - as I understand it, I should be able to pass in a parameter called Skip

Answer 1

Web deploy supports the ability to skip elements of a manifest using the "skip directive".

SIF maps the arguments from the json SIF config to the web deploy command, so you need to add:

"Skip": [
          { "ObjectName": "dbDacFx" },
          { "ObjectName": "dbFullSql" }
        ],