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Sooner or later, every developer faces the necessity to branch the application he is working on, e.g. to try out new functionality before actually implementing it to the production. For such cases, the CirrusGrid PaaS provides a special option – environment cloning, which allows creating a complete copy of an already existing project in just a couple of clicks.
Also, if talking about more complex and sophisticated projects (which implies the involvement of the whole development team), multiple copies of your application (dedicated to a specific task) are recommended. The most common application lifecycle implementation involves the following stages:
Below, we’ll provide information on how to make an environment copy and some common use cases.
Note: Take into consideration the following specific points of environment cloning at CirrusGrid:
In order to create an environment copy, follow the next steps:
1. Click the appropriate Clone Environment button next to your environment, as it’s shown in the image below:
2. Within the appeared pop-up, specify a name for the environment clone or leave the default one and click Clone.
3. In a few minutes, the environment will be duplicated and ready for use.
Tip: For some specific cases, additional adjustments are required to make your environment copy operable:
Consequently, you can use your environments in the following ways:
These use cases can help you to get the most from your original environment and its copy.
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