> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stackshift.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Nodes view

> Use the node-focused operations surface when you need to think about capacity, health, and runtime readiness across hosts.

<Tip>
  **Live.** This area is documented as current, user-reliable behavior.
</Tip>

## Goal

Read the node fleet operationally instead of node-by-node in isolation.

## Prerequisites

* Two or more nodes is ideal, but not required

## Workflow

<Steps>
  <Step>
    Use the operations node view to compare health and issue concentration.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    Cross-check with the nodes management page when you need to act.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What this page emphasizes

* Node status filtering across healthy, degraded, and offline hosts
* Region and node-name search
* Hotspot-style fleet review instead of one-node-at-a-time management

## From view to action

The operations nodes view is for spotting where problems concentrate across the fleet — a cluster of degraded or offline hosts, or a region with issues. When you need to act on a specific node (drain it, upgrade the agent, inspect diagnostics), cross over to that node on the Nodes management page.

## Expected result

<Check>
  Node problems can be found more quickly from the platform view.
</Check>

## Related guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Node overview" href="/nodes/node-overview">
    What a node is, what the agent does, and what node health means in StackShift.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Maintenance mode" href="/nodes/maintenance-mode">
    Use maintenance as a safety control before upgrades or disruptive host changes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Node health, diagnostics, and deletion" href="/nodes/node-health-diagnostics-and-deletion">
    Read node diagnostics correctly and understand when deletion is safe or blocked.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>