Staging Environments (Stands)

Staging environments (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.

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

The maximum number of environments 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.

Create a Staging Environment

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To create a staging environments:

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 environment name;
   • the repository branch;
   • the commit to build, or enable the option to use the latest commit;
   • already existing variables or add new ones.
4. Click Create.

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

Manage Staging Environments

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All created environments are listed in the Stands tab.

View the Application URL

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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.

Update Staging Settings

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

View Logs

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1. Go to the App Platform section and click on the application.
2. In the Stands tab, click on the environment 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).

Roll Back to a Previous Commit

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You can deploy an earlier version of your staging environment.

1. Go to the App Platform section and click on the application.
2. In the Stands tab, click on the environment.
3. Go to the Stand logs tab.
4. Select the commit you want to deploy.
5. Click the play icon (Rollback to commit).

Cancel a Deployment

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To cancel a deployment that is in progress:

1. Go to the App Platform section and click on the application.
2. In the Stands tab, click on the environment.
3. Go to the Stand logs tab.
4. Click the pause button.

Delete a Staging Environment

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To delete an environment:

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 environment and select Delete.
3. Confirm deletion.