App Environments
LocalOps provisions an App Environment in the target cloud account, consisting of a private network, kubernetes cluster, compute servers and your application. All of this, as a single unit, is referred to as a "App Environment".
Based on the needs of your customer, you can spin up an app environment with any App, Release and Connection combination. That is, you can deploy any app in any cloud and any region.
Create app environments
To create an App Environment, make sure you have:
Set up a cloud connection.
Once you have an app with a release and connection, you can follow these steps to create a app environment.
Sign in to LocalOps.
Click on "App Environments" from the navigation pane on the left side.
Click on "Create app environment" button to create a new app environment.
Pick environment type, app, release, connection, and region. You can optionally add last minute configuration via Helm values.
Click on "Next: Review instance".
Review the app environment details, and if everything is correct, click the "Looks good. Create app environment" button to start creating the app environment. It may take anywhere between 18 - 20 minutes to complete app environment creation process. You can see its progress either in App Environments section or Ops section.
Once done, you can use its unique SSL enabled URL to access the application in a new tab.
View app environments
Selecting "App Environments" from the navigation pane on the left side will list all the active App Environments.
You can view archived App Environments by clicking the "Show archived instances" button located at the bottom of the App Environments list section.
When you select a App Environment from the list, you'll see its details displayed under the following tabs:
Settings tab:
Access all details regarding the App Environment, including the Private instance URL. Visit this URL to reach the app running on the App Environment.
Deployments tab:
View deployments associated with the selected App Environment.
Monitoring tab:
Monitor details specific to the App Environment are displayed here.
Disaster Recovery tab:
Access Backup Settings and a list of created Backups under this tab.
Edit app environments:
You can update the App Environment Name and Helm values by clicking "Edit app environment" button from the App Environment settings tab.
Note: Updating helm values will automatically create a deployment to apply the new helm values.
Delete app environments
To delete a app environment,
Click on "App Environments" from the navigation pane on the left side to see the list of available App Environments.
To delete a App Environment, click on the App Environment that you want to delete and then select "Archive".
LocalOps allows you to archive the App Environment in 3 ways
Delete app and data:
Will delete everything including your app and all its data, including Backups.Delete app and keep data:
Only the app will be deleted. The data from this instance will still remain in the connected cloud account.Keep both app and data:
Will just spin down all servers. Both the app and data associated with this instance will remain in the connected cloud account, incurring relevant storage charges.
Choose the appropriate option from the above and confirm deletion by typing the App Environment name. Then, click on "Archive this instance" button to initiate App Environment deletion.
Private instance deletion may take anywhere between 15 - 17 minutes to complete.