| name | liftoff-kubernetes |
| description | Kubernetes cluster access via loctl (kubectl, helm, stern). Use when checking pod health, inspecting resources, or streaming logs from pods. |
Kubernetes via loctl
Tools: kubectl, helm, stern
Cluster Mapping
The qa environment maps to QA clusters. The ops environment maps to all non-QA clusters: production, staging, data platform, dashboard, and operations.
QA (loctl qa)
| Context | Purpose |
|---|
eks-qa-us-east-1b | QA |
Ops (loctl ops)
| Context | Purpose |
|---|
eks-prod-us-east-1b | Production (US East) |
eks-prod-us-east-1c | Production (US East) |
eks-prod-us-east-1d | Production (US East) |
eks-prod-us-east-1f | Production (US East) |
eks-prod-ap-northeast-1a | Production (APNE) |
eks-stage-us-east-1a | Staging |
eks-ops-us-east-1c | Operations (Mimir, Grafana, monitoring) |
eks-ops-ap-northeast-1a | Operations (APNE) |
eks-data-1a | Data platform |
eks-dashboard-us-east-1a | Dashboards |
Safety
KUBECONFIG set to agent-config (EngineeringRole)AWS_PROFILE forced to EngineeringRole- DevOpsRole blocked in all arguments
- Mutating verbs (apply, create, delete, patch) blocked client-side
Rules
qa or ops prefix is required -- no default- Always specify
--context -- there is no default
- Available contexts:
loctl qa list contexts
kubectl
Read-only verbs: get, describe, logs, top, explain, api-resources, api-versions, version, config, auth, cluster-info, debug, exec, port-forward, wait, diff
loctl qa kubectl --context eks-qa-us-east-1b get nodes
loctl ops kubectl --context eks-prod-us-east-1b get pods -n api
loctl ops kubectl --context eks-ops-us-east-1c get pods -n grafana
loctl ops kubectl --context eks-ops-us-east-1c get events -n grafana --sort-by=.lastTimestamp
loctl qa kubectl --context eks-qa-us-east-1b top pods -n grafana --sort-by=cpu
helm
Read-only commands: get, history, list, ls, show, status, template, version, search, repo, env, diff
Note: uses --kube-context (not --context). EngineeringRole may lack RBAC for helm list/status in some namespaces.
loctl qa helm --kube-context eks-qa-us-east-1b show values argocd
loctl ops helm --kube-context eks-ops-us-east-1c show values mimir
stern
loctl qa stern --context eks-qa-us-east-1b my-app -n default --tail=10
loctl ops stern --context eks-prod-us-east-1b my-app -n api --tail=10
