ops

name: ops description: Run tests, check logs, and troubleshoot services in Docker Compose and Kubernetes environments. Use when debugging local dev env issues, inspecting container/pod logs, restarting services, checking health, or triaging deployment rollouts.

Operations Skill

Troubleshoot projects that follow project-bootstrap conventions:

• Local: Docker Compose at docker/docker-compose.yml
• Reset: ./scripts/reset-docker.sh
• K8s: k8s/base/ and deploy scripts under deploy/

This skill should still work on other repos by discovering the correct compose file, namespace, and deployments.

Quick Triage

1. Identify whether the failure is:
   • local (Docker Compose) or
   • cluster (Kubernetes)
2. Collect the smallest evidence set:
   • service status
   • recent logs
   • health endpoint (if any)
3. Apply the minimal fix:
   • restart one service
   • reset environment (only when state is likely dirty)
   • rollback/roll forward rollout

Running Tests (Project-Specific)

Prefer existing project scripts.

Common examples:

# Rust backend (if core/ exists)
cd core && cargo test

# TypeScript frontend (if portal/ exists)
cd portal && npm test

# Playwright E2E (if configured)
cd portal && npx playwright test

Docker Compose (Local)

Status

docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml ps

Logs

# all services
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml logs --tail 200

# follow
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml logs -f

# single service (replace <svc>)
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml logs -f <svc>

Restart

docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml restart <svc>

Reset (Use Sparingly)

If data/state is likely dirty (flaky tests, schema changes, unknown env drift):

./scripts/reset-docker.sh

Kubernetes (Cluster)

Status

kubectl get pods -A
kubectl get deploy -A
kubectl get events -A --sort-by=.lastTimestamp | tail -50

Logs

# by pod
kubectl logs -n <ns> <pod> --tail=200

# by deployment
kubectl logs -n <ns> deployment/<deploy> --tail=200
kubectl logs -n <ns> deployment/<deploy> -f

# all pods of a deployment (by label)
kubectl logs -n <ns> -l app.kubernetes.io/name=<app> -f

Multi-container Scenarios

# Specific container in multi-container pod
kubectl logs -n <ns> deployment/<deploy> -c <container> -f

# All containers
kubectl logs -n <ns> deployment/<deploy> --all-containers -f

Rollout Debug

kubectl rollout status -n <ns> deployment/<deploy> --timeout=300s
kubectl describe -n <ns> deployment/<deploy>
kubectl describe -n <ns> pod/<pod>

Rollout Restart

kubectl rollout restart -n <ns> deployment/<deploy>

Health Checks

If the project exposes health endpoints, verify them after restarts/rollouts.

curl -sSf http://localhost:8080/health

Replace URL/port based on the project's compose/k8s configuration.

Troubleshooting Patterns

# Docker: filter error logs
docker logs <container> 2>&1 | grep -E "(ERROR|WARN|panic)"

# Docker: check cache connectivity (if Redis)
docker exec <redis-container> redis-cli ping

# K8s: check resource usage
kubectl top pods -n <ns>

# K8s: recent events sorted by time
kubectl get events -n <ns> --sort-by='.lastTimestamp' | tail -20

Quick Reference