View Load Balancers from your terminal
orbit lists Load Balancers as a dense, sortable table: 6 columns including Name, Type and Scheme, fetched with ELBv2:DescribeLoadBalancers.
Read-only is the default, so browsing is safe against a production account. Start orbit with --write and the mutating actions become reachable: Delete Load Balancer, each behind its own confirmation dialog. Press Enter on a row to drill into listeners and target groups.
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What the Load Balancers table shows
| Column | Source field |
|---|---|
| Name | LoadBalancerName |
| Type | Type |
| Scheme | Scheme |
| State | State |
| Dns Name | DNSName |
| Vpc | VpcId |
Columns with an opt-in flag are hidden by default; press v for the column visibility picker.
Actions on Load Balancers
| Key | Action | AWS API | Posture |
|---|---|---|---|
ctrl+d | Delete Load Balancer | ELBv2:DeleteLoadBalancer | needs --write |
See how orbit keeps writes behind --write.
IAM permissions for this view
Read-only browsing needs ELBv2:DescribeLoadBalancers
plus the standard ELBv2 List and Describe permissions for the surrounding views. Write actions map to ELBv2:DeleteLoadBalancer and are reachable only under --write.
Questions about Load Balancers in orbit
What IAM permissions do I need to view Load Balancers in orbit?
orbit lists Load Balancers with ELBv2:DescribeLoadBalancers, so a policy granting ELBv2:DescribeLoadBalancers is enough for read-only browsing of this view. The mutating actions (ELBv2:DeleteLoadBalancer) additionally require --write at startup, and their IAM actions.
Is browsing Load Balancers safe against a production account?
Read-only is the default. Listing and describing Load Balancers performs no mutations. The write actions on this view (Delete Load Balancer) are reachable only when orbit is started with --write, each behind its own confirmation.
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