managing-astro-deployments

Astro Deployment Management

This skill helps you manage production Astronomer deployments using the Astro CLI.

For local development, see the managing-astro-local-env skill. For production troubleshooting, see the troubleshooting-astro-deployments skill.

Authentication

All deployment operations require authentication:

# Login to Astronomer (opens browser for OAuth)
astro login

Authentication tokens are stored locally for subsequent commands. Run this before any deployment operations.

Workspace Management

Deployments are organized into workspaces:

# List all accessible workspaces
astro workspace list
 
# Switch to a specific workspace
astro workspace switch <WORKSPACE_ID>

Workspace context is maintained between sessions. Most deployment commands operate within the current workspace context.

List and Inspect Deployments

# List deployments in current workspace

What inspect Shows

• Deployment status (HEALTHY, UNHEALTHY)
• Runtime version and Airflow version
• Executor type (CELERY, KUBERNETES, LOCAL)
• Scheduler configuration (size, count)
• Worker queue settings (min/max workers, concurrency, worker type)
• Resource quotas (CPU, memory)
• Environment variables
• Last deployment timestamp and current tag
• Webserver and API URLs
• High availability status

Create Deployments

Update Deployments

Delete Deployments

Destructive: This cannot be undone. All DAGs, task history, and metadata will be lost.

Deploy Code to Production

Full Deploy

Deploy both DAGs and Docker image (required when dependencies change):

Use when:

• Dependencies changed (requirements.txt, packages.txt, Dockerfile)
• First deployment of new project
• Significant infrastructure changes

DAG-Only Deploy (Recommended for Iteration)

Deploy only DAG files, skip Docker image rebuild:

Use when:

• Only DAG files changed (Python files in dags/ directory)
• Quick iteration during development
• Much faster than full deploy (seconds vs minutes)

Requires: --dag-deploy-enabled flag set on deployment (see Update Deployments)

Image-Only Deploy

Deploy only Docker image, skip DAG sync:

Use when:

• Only dependencies changed
• Dockerfile or requirements updated
• No DAG changes

Force Deploy

Bypass safety checks and deploy:

Caution: Skips validation that could prevent broken deployments.

Deployment API Tokens

Manage API tokens for programmatic access to deployments:

Roles:

• DEPLOYMENT_ADMIN: Full access to deployment

Note: Token value is only shown at creation time. Store it securely.

Common Workflows

First-Time Production Deployment

Iterative DAG Development

Promoting Code from Staging to Production

Configuration Management

Tips

• Use --dags flag for fast iteration (seconds vs minutes)
• Always test in staging workspace before production
• Use deployment inspect to verify deployment health before deploying
• Deployment IDs are permanent, names can change
• Most commands work with deployment ID; inspect also accepts --deployment-name
• Set --dag-deploy-enabled once per deployment for fast deploys
• Keep workspace context visible with astro workspace list (shows asterisk for current)

Related Skills

• troubleshooting-astro-deployments: Investigate deployment issues, view logs, manage environment variables
• managing-astro-local-env: Manage local Airflow development environment
• setting-up-astro-project: Initialize and configure Astro projects