Local Commands

Commands that render and inspect templates without connecting to a Kubernetes cluster.

Contents

Command	Description
template	Render Helm templates
apps	Resolve app-id patterns to matching apps
find	Query rendered resources with CEL filters
source	Print unrendered template files from disk
config	Show global.hydra configuration
values	Display computed Helm values
list	Print sorted resource IDs
refs	List transitive references
inspect	Interactive TUI for browsing references
review	Validate rendered refs and ownership
test	Run application tests (test refs for ref-parser golden files)
export	Export dependency model for all clusters

Common Usage

# Render a single app
hydra local template prod.cluster-infra.ingress-nginx

# List all apps of cluster prod
hydra local apps 'prod.**'

# Render all apps on a cluster
hydra local template 'prod.**'

# Search rendered resources
hydra local find 'prod.**' --include 'kind == "Deployment"' --pick 'name' --uniq

# Browse interactively
hydra local inspect prod

No Cluster Required

All hydra local commands work entirely offline. They render from the charts-repository and gitops-repository without contacting any Kubernetes API. This makes them safe for development and CI environments.