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This section contains common tasks related to Kubernetes clusters and Orchetrix (OX) Desktop. These tasks can help you operate clusters with Orchetrix, or explore different aspects of the application interface.

Find a Cluster

Click the Search button to the left from the top drop-down in Navigator to open the dialog menu with the list of available local and team clusters.

When you click the necessary cluster, it opens in the Drill Into mode.

Find a deployment

A Kubernetes deployment describes a desired state to a set of Pods and Replica Sets by providing declarative updates for them. In Orchetrix Desktop, you can manage and edit the cluster deployments. To find a deployment:

Connect to the cluster from Catalog > Clusters.
Navigate to Workloads > Deployments through the left panel.
In the Deployments tab, select the namespace of the deployment in the Namespaces drop-down list.
In the Search Deployments input field, type the name of the deployment.

View Logs

In Orchetrix Desktop, you can view the logs of containers running in the pods of your Kubernetes cluster:

In your cluster, navigate to Workloads > Pods.
Select a pod and click More Actions > View Logs.
A separate tab will open in the terminal panel.
You can view logs from multiple pods simultaneously.

Modify a deployment

You can change deployments through Orchetrix Desktop. To modify a deployment:

Connect to the cluster from Sidebar > All Clusters.
Navigate to Workloads > Deployments through the left panel.
Select a deployment. This will open the Detail Panel from the right side of the screen.
In the panel, navigate through Overview > Details > YAML > Events and select YAML.
Edit the deployment .yaml file and click Deploy and Close.

Restart/Refresh Resources

In Orchetrix(Ox), you can refresh any resource list (such as Deployments, Pods, Services, etc.) from the header section of the main screen.

Navigate to any section from the left sidebar—such as Workloads, Networking, or Storage—and select the desired resource type.

At the top-right of the header section, you will find a Refresh button.

Click this button to manually refresh the list and fetch the latest state of resources from the connected cluster.

This is especially useful after applying changes outside Orchetrix(Ox) or when you want to confirm the current state of workloads in real time.

Install, Access and Remove a Helm Chart

To install a helm chart:

From your cluster, navigate to Helm.
Use Search Resources to find the desired chart.
Select the chart, click on More Actions > Install, and confirm in the dialog box.
Once installed, view all active charts under Helm → Releases.