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Getting Started

What is CICDoo Getting started: the onboarding wizard The Dashboard and Infrastructure Map

Concepts

Production, staging and development stages Domains, subdomains and SSL Odoo versions and editions (Community vs Enterprise) Workspaces and team collaboration

Servers

Adding a server Server domains and DNS Using a load balancer Server actions: deploy, logs and charts Deleting a server

Projects & Git

Creating a project Connecting GitHub Project GitHub settings and webhook Connecting GitLab Branches and instances Tagging and filtering projects High availability with app nodes Project environments, extensions and deletion

Instances & Console

Creating an instance Restarting, stopping and removing an instance Merging branches between stages Web IDE and remote access SSH access to instances Instance settings explained Deployments and the job queue

Agent Tasks

What agent tasks are Setting up agent tasks Running a task and reviewing the result Agent time and top-ups Agent insights and task filters

Monitoring & Backups

Monitoring your instance Backups and restore S3 storage, uploads and bulk backup actions Alert notifications (email and SMS)

Workspaces & Permissions

Inviting workspace members Member permissions and resource access A member cannot see or use a resource Audit log and server activity

Account & Security

Two-factor authentication (2FA) Profile and integrations settings Passwords and account recovery

Billing & Plans

Plans and pricing Upgrading and managing your subscription If a project subscription goes unpaid The channel partner program Onboarding a client as a partner

Support & Tickets

Opening a support ticket Getting help from the CICDoo team

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting: cannot connect a server Troubleshooting: a deployment failed Troubleshooting: git push fails with 403 after moving a repository Troubleshooting: my instance is down or slow Troubleshooting: domain or SSL problems

Concepts

Production, staging and development stages

What stages are in CICDoo, how to assign a server to each stage when creating a project, and how to pick the stage when creating an instance in the console.

What stages are

Every instance in CICDoo belongs to one of three stages:

  • Production: your live environment that real users depend on.
  • Staging: a place to test changes in conditions close to production.
  • Development: environments for building and trying out new work.

Stages let you keep experimental branches safely separated from the environment your business runs on, while managing everything from one project.

Assign a server to each stage

You choose which server hosts each stage when you create a project. The last step of the "Create New Project" wizard (Servers) has a "Server Assignment" section.

  1. In the "Production Server" field, click into the search box, type to filter your servers by name, hostname or IP, and select one. This field is required: every project needs at least one server, and it is the production one.
  2. Optionally, do the same in "Staging Server".
  3. Optionally, do the same in "Development Server".
  4. To change a choice, clear the selection with the X on the selected server card and pick again.
  5. Click "Create Project".

If you have no servers yet, the wizard shows "No servers available" and points you to the Servers page to add one first, see Adding a server. In a workspace where you cannot add servers, it asks you to contact the workspace owner instead.

A small setup can point all stages at the same server, while larger setups typically give production its own machine.

Stages in the project console

Open a project's console and the left sidebar lists its instances grouped by stage, each with a colored dot:

  • Production (green)
  • Staging (amber)
  • Development (blue)

Each instance is shown by its branch name, with its Odoo version next to it. Click an instance to open it. A stage with nothing in it shows "No instances".

Create an instance in a stage

You pick the stage by choosing which section you create the instance from. Only Staging and Development have a plus button.

  1. Open the project's console.
  2. In the left sidebar, click the plus button next to "Staging" or "Development", depending on the stage you want.
  3. In the "Create Instance" dialog, enter a "Branch Name".
  4. Check "Fork From", the base branch the new branch is created from.
  5. Confirm the "Stage" field shows the stage you wanted. It is filled in from the section you clicked and cannot be changed here. If it is wrong, click "Cancel" and use the other plus button.
  6. Optionally, choose a different "Odoo Version" to test an upgrade. It defaults to the project version, and production is unaffected.
  7. Click "Create".

In a workspace, the plus buttons only appear for members who are allowed to create instances. For the full walkthrough see Creating an instance.

Related: Branches and instances, Merging branches between stages, Creating a project.

If you get stuck, open a support ticket from the Tickets page or the chat widget.

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