Build & Delete instances

Prerequisites¶

To run this tutorial, you must have a Platform 6 account.

Permissions¶

You have to be assigned to the * instance and have the *:*=* permission.

You should be able to see a “3 vertical dots” icon displayed next to the instance selector:

Build and Delete instances

Build an Instance¶

Click on the Build a new instance button, a modal with a form will be displayed.

Build an instance form

ID is randomly generated and won’t be shown to the user in most cases
Name is the name displayed on the UI
Instance Admin User Email will be the user assigned upon build
P6 Core Server URL serve as the baseUrl

Info

The Instance runs locally switch with automatically set the P6Core Server URL to http://p6core:8080/p6 and disabled the input.

Build a local instance form

After submission you will be redirected to the newly built instance.

Delete an Instance¶

Info

Deleting the * instance is not allowed, the button will not be displayed when on the * instance.

Click on the Destroy this instance button, a modal with a form will be displayed.

Destroy an instance

To validate the procedure you have to enter the instance ID

Warning

It is definitive so be sure you want to do it!

You will be redirected to the * instance after the deletion.

Read the .env Instance file¶

Click on the Display .env button to show the modal with your instance infos:

Display the .env instance file

There could be some instances which doesn’t have an integration correctly configured because they were created before the feature was introduced, you will see an error message in this case:

Display the invalid .env instance file

Info

See with an administrator if you have any questions.