Sparkrock 365 Sandbox Creation Guide

1. Sign-in to your production instance of Sparkrock365.

2. Choose the settings icon (gear) at the top and select ‘Admin Center’ (Note, this will only appear if you are an Administrator).

3. If you have reached your maximum number of sandboxes, you may need to delete one before creating a new sandbox.

Note: Deleting an existing sandbox to replace with a copy has some risks. Other staff, Sparkrock support or Sparkrock consultants may be using an existing sandbox. Make sure to confirm the deletion of an existing sandbox with your internal teams and external resources.

To select an existing sandbox, click on its name from the list of environments to view more details.

4. To delete a sandbox environment, select ‘Delete’ from the top ribbon.

Confirm you are deleting the correct environment. Ensure you do not accidentally delete your Production environment!

Copy Production to a Sandbox

5. Click on ‘Environments’ in the left navigation bar to return to the list of environments, and select ‘Production’ from the list of environments.

6. In the top ribbon, click on 'Copy'.

Select 'Copy' when ready to create the sandbox.

7. Click on Environments in the navigation pane to get back to the list of all the environments.

You should see the new sandbox in the list, and can monitor the status by clicking the 'Refresh' button in the toolbar. 

Once the sandbox is created, if you click on its name from the environment list.

Details about the environment will be displayed.