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.
- 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.
- 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.