Stands

Stands are isolated staging environments that allow you to test changes without affecting the main version of your application.

A stand is deployed as an independent instance of the application with its own build and is accessible via a separate technical domain.

Stands are available for frontend, backend, and Docker-based applications.

The maximum number of stands per application is 10.

For backend and Docker applications, stands are provided free of charge and are deployed on the same virtual machine as the main application. A stand uses the resources of that machine, so sufficient capacity must be available for it to run.

For frontend applications, requests are billed in the same way as for the main application.

Stands are not supported for applications deployed via Docker Compose.

Separate environment variables cannot be configured for stands; they use the same values as the main application.

Creating a Stand

To create a stand:

1. Go to the App platform section and click on the application.
2. Go to the Stands tab.
3. If no stands have been created yet, you will see the branch selection step. Click on it. Otherwise, click Add stand.

3. Specify:
   • the stand name;
   • the repository branch;
   • the commit to build, or enable the option to use the latest commit.
4. Click Create.

A deployment will be triggered. A technical domain will be automatically generated for accessing the application in this stand.

Managing Stands

All created stands are listed in the Stands tab.

Viewing the Application URL

To copy the URL where the application is available:

1. Go to the App platform section and click on the application.
2. In the Stands tab, hover over the stand and click on the view icon. 

You can also copy the URL from the Settings tab.

Updating Stand Settings

1. Go to the App platform section and click on the application.
2. In the Stands tab, click on the stand to open the details.
3. In the Settings tab, you can:
   • enable or disable the stand;
   • rename it;
   • change the repository branch;
   • change the commit;
   • copy the stand URL.

Viewing Logs

1. Go to the App platform section and click on the application.
2. In the Stands tab, click on the stand to open the details.
3. Go to the Stand logs tab to view:
   • deployment logs;
   • application logs (for backend and Docker applications);
   • access logs (for frontend applications).

Deleting a Stand

To delete a stand:

1. Go to the App platform section and click on the application.
2. In the Stands tab, click on the three-dot menu next to the stand and select Delete.
3. Confirm deletion.