Application management : Cloud : Environment Management Gadget : About Environment Management gadget
About Environment Management gadget
Planon Cloud is a fully web-based infrastructure that safely runs in a secure data center. Planon's Environment Management gadget provides an overview of:
Available environments,
Environments that are up and running,
Available disk space on each environment,
Pending updates on the environments.
Environment/Instances
A Cloud environment can contain multiple instances (such as Production and Acceptance).
Schematic overview of the DTAP street.

The following Planon instances are available:
Instances
Description
Development
This environment is used for developing interfaces and/or Tailor Made Software (TMS).
Test
This environment is used for testing (parts of) the software, configuration, interfaces and/or TMS.
Acceptance
This environment is used for accepting changes to the software.
The Acceptance environment is the first instance to be upgraded when a new version is installed.
Production
This is the main operational environment and actual work must be done in this environment.
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Most customers only have Production and Acceptance environments. In such cases, testing can also be done in the Acceptance environment.