loft

Deprecated CLI for the Loft (vCluster Platform) Kubernetes multi-tenancy platform

TLDR

Start Loft in the current kube context

$ loft start

Login to Loft

$ loft login [https://loft.example.com]

Create virtual cluster

$ loft create vcluster [name]

List virtual clusters

$ loft list vclusters

Switch kube context to a virtual cluster

$ loft use vcluster [name]

Create space

$ loft create space [name]

Connect to space

$ loft use space [name]

Put a space to sleep or wake it up

$ loft sleep space [name]

Modern equivalent: create a virtual cluster through the platform

$ vcluster create [name] --driver platform

SYNOPSIS

loft command [type] [name] [options]

loft is the command-line client for Loft, a self-service platform for Kubernetes multi-tenancy by Loft Labs. It manages spaces (namespaces with access control and quotas), virtual clusters (vcluster instances running inside a host namespace), connected host clusters, sleep mode to save costs, users, teams and secrets.

PARAMETERS

start

Install and start the Loft platform in the current Kubernetes cluster.

login URL

Log in to a Loft instance.

create vcluster | space NAME

Create a virtual cluster or a space (namespace).

delete vcluster | space NAME

Delete a virtual cluster or space.

list vclusters | spaces | clusters | teams | secrets

List resources.

use vcluster | space | cluster | management NAME

Switch the kube context to the resource.

sleep / wakeup vcluster | space NAME

Put a resource to sleep (scale workloads to zero) or wake it up.

share vcluster | space NAME

Give a user or team access.

connect cluster NAME

Connect a host Kubernetes cluster to Loft.

import vcluster NAME

Import an existing virtual cluster.

token

Print an access token.

reset password

Reset a user's password.

--help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

The loft CLI is deprecated: the platform was renamed vCluster Platform with version 4, and all commands moved into the vcluster CLI (for example loft start is now vcluster platform start, loft create space is vcluster platform create namespace, loft use vcluster is vcluster connect --driver platform). Configuration moved from ~/.loft/config.json to ~/.vcluster/config.json. The platform requires a Kubernetes cluster and a LoftLabs license for most features.

HISTORY

Loft was created by Loft Labs, the company behind vcluster and DevSpace. In 2024 the product was rebranded as vCluster Platform and the standalone loft CLI was replaced by vcluster platform commands.

RESOURCES

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