staging environment cannot be used by a pipeline running in production.
The following resource types are scoped to an environment:
- Pipelines
- Source readers
- Connectors
- SSH tunnels
- API keys
Create an environment
- Go to Settings > Environments.
- Click New environment.
- Enter a Name (e.g.
Production) and an optional Description. - Click Save.
Only account admins can create, edit, or delete environments.
Use an environment
When creating a new pipeline or API key, you are prompted to select an environment. The resource is then scoped to that environment for its entire lifetime. For pipelines, this means the pipeline can only connect to connectors, SSH tunnels, and source readers that belong to the same environment.Delete an environment
An environment can only be deleted when it contains no resources. To delete an environment:- Remove or reassign all pipelines, connectors, SSH tunnels, source readers, and API keys that belong to it.
- Go to Settings > Environments and click the environment name.
- Click Edit environment, then Delete environment.