Managing Instances

This page covers the everyday actions on an instance: opening it, signing in to its admin, visiting the site, changing its details, and deleting it.

The Actions Menu

Each instance on the Instances page has an actions menu. The instance's own page has the same actions under More actions. What you see depends on your role.

Action	What it does	Who can use it
Login to instance admin	Signs you in to the instance's admin	Viewer and above
Visit site	Opens the instance's website	Everyone
Move to folder	Puts the instance in a folder, or takes it out	Editor and above
Delete instance	Deletes the instance and all its data	Editor and above for staging, Admin and above for production

Some actions are unavailable while an instance is being set up, updating its modules, or reporting an error.

Opening an Instance

1. Navigate to Instances from the main menu.
2. Find the instance on the main page or inside a folder, and select it.

The instance page has tabs for its overview, domains, modules, Marketplace Items, usage, and for developers its CLI commands and logs. See Instance Details.

Changing an Instance's Details

1. Open the instance.
2. On the Overview tab, select Edit on the About card.
3. Change the name, the URL, the tags or the thumbnail.
4. Select Save changes.

Changing the URL changes the instance's default address. The old address stops working, including links and bookmarks to it and links in emails already sent. To add your own domain, use the Domains tab instead. See Instance Domains.

Deleting an Instance

1. Open the instance's actions menu and select Delete instance.
2. Read the warning and confirm.

The instance and all its data are permanently deleted. This cannot be undone. A record of the deletion stays in Recently Deleted for 30 days.