An environment An Environment is a logical name given to a group of servers, applications, and technologies which work together to provide a software solution for the purpose of development, testing, or a production implementation. Typical environments Environments include, but are not limited to, Development (DEV), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Production (PROD).
Viewing Environments
To view the list of environments Environments defined within FlexDeploy, select Topology -> Environments from from the menu, and then choose the Environments tab.
By default, all active environments Environments are displayed in the search results. To refine the search results, select one or more criteria options and click on the Search button. Select the Any radio button to indicate the search results should include environments matching any of the specified criteria, or the All radio button to indicate that the search results should only include environments matching all of the specified criteria. Click on the Reset button to return to the default search criteria form type all or part of the Environment name into the Search box, and the list will automatically filter. Uncheck the Active checkbox to show the inactive environments as well.
Creating/Editing an Environment
To create an environmentEnvironment, click the Create 
button. To edit an environmentEnvironment, select click on an existing environment and click the Edit buttonEnvironment row from the list.
Enter values for the following fields.
Field Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
Environment Id | N/A | System generated identifier (read-only). |
Environment Code | Yes | Short name for the environmentEnvironment. |
Environment Name | Yes | Long display name for the environmentEnvironment. |
Description | No | A description of the environmentEnvironment. |
Active | Yes | Whether or not the environment Environment is active in the system. Defaults to "Yes". |
Build Environment | Yes | Identifies whether the environment Environment is used for builds. Defaults to "No". |
Sort Order | Yes | A sort index to control the order in which the environment Environment is displayed within lists. |
Click the Next button next tab to optionally associate Instances to this environmentEnvironment. Note that this is an optional step since there may not be any instances Instances created yet. In this case, simply save the environment Environment and perform the association when creating the instance (described in the next section)Instance. Read about Creating Instances.
Shuttle Click and drag instances from Available Instances to Selected Instances the list on the right panel to the main pane to associate them to this environmentEnvironment. To disassociate instances Instances from the environment, shuttle the instances from Selected Instances back over to Available InstancesEnvironment, drag them back from the main pane to the list on the right. As you will see in the next section, you can also associate environments Environments to instances Instances through the instance wizardInstance Wizard.
Click the Save button to save the changes to the environment Environment and return to the list of FlexDeploy environmentsEnvironments. Optionally click the Apply button to save the changes, but remain on the current screen until the Cancel button is clicked.
To inactivate an environment Environment at any time, select an existing environment and click the Inactivate button click the Active link on the desired Environment, and it will toggle to Inactive. This will temporarily hide that environment until, a search is performed where the criteria for Active is switched to "No"Environment after leaving the screen, until the Active checkbox is unchecked. To reactivate an environmentEnvironment, select the desired environment and click the Edit button. Then change the drop down menu for active to "Yes" and click Save. This environment click the Inactive link and it will toggle back to Active. This Environment is now active in the system again and ready for use.