Enclave Inspect

Inspect and manage Kurtosis enclaves and their contents.

List enclaves

kurtosis enclave ls

Output shows enclave name, UUID, status (RUNNING/STOPPED), and creation time.

Inspect an enclave

kurtosis enclave inspect <enclave-name>

This shows:

• File Artifacts — uploaded files and rendered templates
• User Services — running containers with their ports and status

Services

View service details

# Full enclave inspection (shows all services with ports)
kurtosis enclave inspect <enclave-name>

# View logs for a service
kurtosis service logs <enclave-name> <service-name>

# Follow logs in real time
kurtosis service logs <enclave-name> <service-name> -f

# Shell into a service
kurtosis service shell <enclave-name> <service-name>

# Run a command in a service
kurtosis service exec <enclave-name> <service-name> -- <command>

Access service ports

The inspect output shows port mappings like:

http: 8545/tcp -> http://127.0.0.1:61817

This means port 8545 inside the container is mapped to localhost:61817. On Kubernetes with gateway running, these are forwarded through the gateway.

File artifacts

File artifacts are named blobs of files stored in the enclave.

# List artifacts (shown in enclave inspect)
kurtosis enclave inspect <enclave-name>

# Download an artifact to local disk
kurtosis files download <enclave-name> <artifact-name> /tmp/output-dir

# Upload a local file as an artifact
kurtosis files upload <enclave-name> /path/to/local/file

Dump enclave state

Export the full enclave state for offline debugging:

kurtosis enclave dump <enclave-name> /tmp/enclave-dump

# Verify the dump completed successfully
ls -la /tmp/enclave-dump/

This exports:

• Service logs
• Service configurations
• File artifacts
• Enclave metadata

Useful for sharing with others to debug issues.

Troubleshooting

Enclave lifecycle

# Create an enclave (usually done by kurtosis run)
kurtosis enclave add <enclave-name>

# Stop an enclave (preserves state)
kurtosis enclave stop <enclave-name>

# Remove a specific enclave
kurtosis enclave rm <enclave-name>

# Remove all enclaves
kurtosis clean -a

Kubernetes-specific

On Kubernetes, each enclave is a namespace prefixed with kt-:

# See enclave namespaces
kubectl get ns | grep kt-

# See pods in an enclave
kubectl get pods -n kt-<enclave-name>

# Describe a service pod
kubectl describe pod <pod-name> -n kt-<enclave-name>

# View pod logs directly
kubectl logs <pod-name> -n kt-<enclave-name>