An instance is a specific environment in which you can deploy packages, and the environment has a URL that contains a root and a company. Normally, companies will move a package through a series of environments from Design/Development, Testing, Acceptance, through to Production. The Deployment Manager allows you to manage this process.  

Add a New Instance

To add a new instance in the Deployment Manager, click the + sign in the column of the environment type in which you want to create that instance: Design, Test, Accept, or Production.

Enter the name for the instance, enter the URL, and click Add. For a design instance, the system prepopulates the URL.

For additional information regarding an instance, click the i in a circle next to that instance. The system opens a screen that displays a list of all the deployment sets and packages installed on that server. For example, here is a sample listing of Production instance details:

Remove an Existing Instance

From this instance dashboard screen, you can remove the current instance from the dashboard by clicking Remove instance from dashboard. Click Refresh to refresh your view. Here is an example of the screen after you click Refresh. and refresh your view. Here is an example of the screen after you click Refresh: