# Operations

Use this page for day-to-day operations on a Kubernetes (Helm) deployment.

### Common operations

#### Stop (scale down)

This stops the UI/API pods without uninstalling Helm releases.

```bash
kubectl scale deployment/frontend -n syntho --replicas=0
kubectl scale deployment/backend -n syntho --replicas=0
kubectl scale deployment/core -n syntho --replicas=0
```

{% hint style="warning" %}
Scaling down interrupts running jobs. Stop workloads first.
{% endhint %}

#### Start (scale up)

Scale back to your desired replica counts:

```bash
kubectl scale deployment/frontend -n syntho --replicas=<n>
kubectl scale deployment/backend -n syntho --replicas=<n>
kubectl scale deployment/core -n syntho --replicas=<n>
```

#### Check rollout status

```bash
kubectl rollout status deployment/frontend -n syntho
kubectl rollout status deployment/backend -n syntho
kubectl rollout status deployment/core -n syntho
```

#### Restart pods

```bash
kubectl rollout restart deployment/frontend -n syntho
kubectl rollout restart deployment/backend -n syntho
kubectl rollout restart deployment/core -n syntho
```

#### Check pods

```bash
kubectl get pods -n syntho -o wide
```

### Logs

#### Follow logs

```bash
kubectl logs -n syntho -f <pod-name>
```

#### Save logs

```bash
kubectl -n syntho logs deployment/core >> core.log
kubectl -n syntho logs deployment/backend >> backend.log
```

<details>

<summary>Log sharing</summary>

Logs can contain hostnames, workspace names, and operational details.

Share logs only via approved internal channels or directly with Syntho Support.

</details>


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