Managing Applications Environments
Create and manage applications environments.
Environment management tasks include:
- Creating an environment
- Accessing the application service console
- Viewing environment details and status
- Adding and editing tags
About Environment State
During the lifecycle of your environment, the state can change based on actions taken on the environment. The state of the environment is not the same as the status of the application running on the environment. The following table shows the possible values for the state of your environment and how the environment state impacts the availability of running applications:
| State | Description | Applications Available? |
|---|---|---|
| Creating | The environment resource is being created. | No |
| Active | The environment resource is available. | Yes |
| Updating | The environment resource is updating. This status occurs when configurations or changes are being implemented, such as moving the environment to a different compartment. In this state, the applications are still available, but you can't make any other changes to the environment resource settings (such as adding tags) until this update is complete. | Yes |
| Deleting | The environment resource is in the process of being deleted. | No |
| Deleted | The environment resource has been deleted. | No |
| Failed | The environment resource creation failed. | No |
Environment Management Tasks
The following steps are the general procedure for creating an environment. Some details for your application may vary. See your application's help for details on specific options for your application.
- From the Applications Console, under My Applications, click Create environment for the application you want to create an environment for.
- If multiple subscriptions are available to provision, select the Subscription ID from the list. To get more information about a subscription, click Show details.
- Confirm the default region or select another region from the list.
The region is where an environment is geographically located. The region can't be changed after you create an environment. If this is the first environment that you are creating for this subscription, you can choose a different region from the list. If you have already created environments for this subscription, this field can't be updated. All environments associated with a single subscription must be located in the same region. For more information, see Choosing a Region for an Environment.
- Enter a Name for the environment. The name can't be changed later.
- Select the Type of instance. Environment instances included in your subscription that are available to provision are listed in the menu. For more information, see Selecting the Environment Type or Instance Type.
- Enter an email address for the default administrator.
The administrator that you add here will be assigned the default Administrator role for the applications in this environment. For more information, see Assigning an Environment Administrator.
- To configure additional settings, click Show advanced options.
- (Optional) Click Compartments to select a different compartment in which to create this environment. The compartment selection defaults to the compartment that you last selected when you started the create environment flow. If you have not created any compartments in your tenancy, the root compartment is the only compartment available. For more information, see Choosing a Compartment.
- (Optional) Click the Tags tab to add tags to the environment. If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have permissions to apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you must have permissions to use the tag namespace. For more information about tagging, see Resource Tags. If you're not sure whether to apply tags, skip this option or ask an administrator. You can apply tags later.
- Click Create.
You can track the progress of the environment creation by viewing the status of the work request. After the Create environment work request succeeds, a welcome email with sign-in instructions is sent to the Admin email address entered during environment creation.
On the Applications home, under My applications, select your application name.
All environments in all regions are listed.
Alternatively, Open the navigation menu and select My Applications. Under Applications, select the name of your application. On the Overview page, on the left menu, select Environments.
If you don't see the environments you are expecting, ensure that you are viewing the correct Compartment and Region.
Some instance types, such as the Maxymiser Recommendations instance type do not have a service console, therefore the Open service console option is not applicable.
After the environment is provisioned, you can access the service console from the environment details page:
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On the Environments list page, select the environment that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page, see To list environments.
- Click the name of the environment.
- On the details page, click Open service console. You will be prompted to enter your username and password for the application service.
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On the Environments list page, select the environment that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page, see To list environments.
- Details and status are listed on the page.
You can move environments from one compartment to another. After you move an environment to a new compartment, inherent policies apply immediately and affect access to the environment. Moving an environment doesn't affect access to the applications on the environment. For more information, see Managing Compartments.
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On the Environments list page, select the environment that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page, see To list environments.
- On the details page, under the General information, find Compartment, and select Change.
- Choose the compartment to move the environment to.
- Select Move environment.
For details on adding tags, see Resource Tags.
Environment delete is not a supported self-service action. If you need to delete an environment, file a service request.