managing-astro-local-env

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Manage local Airflow environment with Astro CLI. Use when the user wants to start, stop, or restart Airflow, view logs, troubleshoot containers, or fix environment issues. For project setup, see setting-up-astro-project.

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SKILL.md Content

Astro Local Environment

This skill helps you manage your local Airflow environment using the Astro CLI.

To set up a new project, see the setting-up-astro-project skill. When Airflow is running, use MCP tools from authoring-dags and testing-dags skills.

Start / Stop / Restart

bash

# Start local Airflow (webserver at http://localhost:8080)
astro dev start

# Stop containers (preserves data)
astro dev stop

# Kill and remove volumes (clean slate)
astro dev kill

# Restart all containers
astro dev restart

# Restart specific component
astro dev restart --scheduler
astro dev restart --webserver

Default credentials: admin / admin

Restart after modifying:

requirements.txt

,

packages.txt

,

Dockerfile

Check Status

bash

astro dev ps

View Logs

bash

# All logs
astro dev logs

# Specific component
astro dev logs --scheduler
astro dev logs --webserver

# Follow in real-time
astro dev logs -f

Access Container Shell

bash

# Bash into scheduler container
astro dev bash

# Run Airflow CLI commands
astro dev run airflow info
astro dev run airflow dags list

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
Port 8080 in use	Stop other containers or edit `.astro/config.yaml`
Container won't start	`astro dev kill` then `astro dev start`
Package install failed	Check `requirements.txt` syntax
DAG not appearing	Run `astro dev parse` to check for import errors
Out of disk space	`docker system prune`

Reset Environment

When things are broken:

bash

astro dev kill
astro dev start

Upgrade Airflow

Test compatibility first

bash

astro dev upgrade-test

Change version

Edit

Dockerfile

:

dockerfile

FROM quay.io/astronomer/astro-runtime:13.0.0

Restart:
bash
```
astro dev kill && astro dev start
```

Related Skills

setting-up-astro-project: Initialize projects and configure dependencies
authoring-dags: Write DAGs (uses MCP tools, requires running Airflow)
testing-dags: Test DAGs (uses MCP tools, requires running Airflow)