Managing Environments

Environment is a term in InCountry Platform which determines the operational context for data residency services. The environment allows you to regulate access to your data stores in InCountry Platform.

To view the available environments, on the sidebar, select Environments. The Environments page opens, as follows:

On the Environments page, you can view the list of available environments. For each environment, the following information is available:

Attribute	Description
Label	Name of the environment that exists for your organization.
Type	Type of the environment.
Environment ID	Unique identifier of the environment.

Within each environment, you can have multiple clients and integrations that you can use for storing and processing regulated data in InCountry Platform.

You can manage environments, as follows:

1. create new environments

2. edit the existing environments

3. delete the no longer needed environments

Creating new environments

By default, InCountry Portal creates a default environment of the Development type. You can create additional environments as needed.

To create a new environment:

1. On the Environments page, click Create Environment.

   

2. In the Create New Environment form, specify the following information:

   1. Environment Type - select the type of environment which you want to set up (Dev, Test, Staging, Integration, U.A.T., or Production).

   2. Environment Label - enter the name of the environment to identify it among other environments.

3. When complete, click Create.

4. Enter the confirmation code you receive and click Next.

A newly created environment will appear on the list with environments.

Editing the environment

1. On the Environments page, locate the environment you want to edit.

2. Click the Edit Environment icon.

   

3. In the Update Environment form, make the required modifications to the environment.

4. When complete, click Update.

5. Enter the confirmation code you receive and click Next.

Deleting environments

If you no longer need some environment, you can delete it. The environment is deleted together with the clients and integrations registered within it. This operation cannot be undone, so be careful while performing it.

1. On the Environments page, locate the environment you want to delete.

2. Click the Delete Environment icon.

   

3. In the Delete the Environment? form, enter the label of the environment you are deleting. This label is shown in the header of the form.

4. Once entered, click Confirm.

5. Enter the confirmation code you receive and click Next.

Copying ID of the environment

Every environment has its own unique identifier which looks like 'adf0de0d-6c52-4496-8b04-4eb270b49e0f'.

In some situations you may need the environment ID when you try to work with InCountry Platform.

1. On the Environments page, locate the environment which ID you want to copy.

   

2. Click the Copy Environment ID to Clipboard icon.

3. Paste the environment ID into some text editor or your program code.