Creating an environment snapshot
Creating an environment snapshot creates a new instance of the environment. The snapshot is not a copy; it is a new environment.
You can create an environment snapshot from an environment or from an environment snapshot.
Tip: To create snapshots and change the default snapshot,
users must have the required permissions. See Verifying and editing access groups for snapshot permissions.
- Click the Edit icon beside the environment
or environment snapshot that you want to snapshot:
- To snapshot the default environment snapshot, in the environments
list (Environments), click the Edit icon
beside the top-level snapshot. - To snapshot a nondefault environment snapshot, click the Snapshot
icon
. The Snapshot view displays the environment snapshots
in the set. Click the Edit icon beside the nondefault
environment snapshot.
- To snapshot the default environment snapshot, in the environments
list (Environments), click the Edit icon
- Click Create New Snapshot.
- Enter Name on the Snapshot tab. The name
is assigned to all the objects that you snapshot with the environment.
The name must be unique within a environment snapshot set.
- Select the Build Forge objects to snapshot when you create the
environment snapshot. The objects that you can select are described
in the following table.
Object Description Default In the UI, the default snapshot is displayed at the top-level of the environments list. Select Environments to display the environments list.
Follow Environment Includes Snapshots the environments that the environment includes by using the Include environment variable type. - Click Save to save the environment snapshot.