Preview Environments

Define and launch repeatable temporary environments from branches or packages.

Preview environment specifications describe how to launch an isolated environment from an existing infrastructure configuration and lifecycle environment.

Create a Specification

Open Infrastructure > Previews.
Select Create Preview Environment Specification.
Enter a name.
Select the infrastructure configuration to preview.
Select the lifecycle environment whose settings provide the baseline.
For each service, choose a branch or an existing package.
Optionally enable pull-request creation triggers and enter the source and target branches.
Save the specification.

Launch a Preview

Open Infrastructure > Previews and select Launch beside the specification. StationOps creates a revision for the preview environment; follow that revision until it reaches a terminal state.

Preview Environments Create Real Resources

Preview environments can create billable AWS infrastructure and may copy production-like settings. Use safe data sources, restrictive access, and a defined cleanup process.

Source Selection

Use a branch when each launch should build current source. Use a package when the preview must run a known artifact without rebuilding it.