Run Actions in Applications and Shared Infra

In this section, you will find:

• How to manage and run actions in Applications and Shared Infrastructures

Context

When you create an Application or a Shared Infrastructure, you can run the Actions that were configured in the context of your Account and Workspace.

You can run Actions during the deployment, or after that when you already have resources, such as a Dynamo DB.

The Actions execute activities on Infrastructure Plugins provisioning resources. See an example:

• Run an Action to back up a Dynamo DB that an Application generated.

Run Actions

Follow the steps below:

Warning!

The steps below are the same ones to run Actions in Shared Infrastructure. The exception is Step 1, you need to go to the Workspace 'Shared Infrastructure' section and not the one in 'Applications'.

Step 1. Go to your Workspace and click on the 'Applications' section;

Step 2. Select an Application from the list, you want to run Actions;

Step 3. You can see below the Workspace name, a 'Environments*' field. Click on the button with the arrow down and there is the Environments list. Select one to run the Actions in your Application;

After that, you can choose two options:

Option 1. Execute in the 'Actions' section; Option 2. Execute from the 'Plugins' section.

Check the two options below:

Option 1. Run Actions via the 'Actions' section

Step 1. Click on 'Actions' in the Application's side menu. You will find the Application's Infra Plugins with a list of Actions you can run.

Step 2. Choose an Action from the list and click on the 'Run' button;

Inside each Action you will see the name and description. You will also see the Connections Interfaces linked to the resources you want to run the action.

Step 3. Fill out the Action's parameters list and click on the 'Next' button.

Parameters are the Actions inputs. It may have already been configured in the Workspace Context. It can be mandatory or not. If they are mandatory, you cannot change them.

Step 4. On the Review screen, check the information and click on the 'Run' button;

Step 5. You will receive the Action's execution status and its responses. Check if it failed, or not.

Done!

You run an Action on your Application or Shared Infrastructure.

Option 2. Run Actions via the 'Plugins' section

Step 1. Click on 'Plugins' in the Application side menu;

Step 2. Click on the 'App Infra' button;

Step 3. Select the Infra Plugin you want to execute the Action. For example, RDS Postgrees.

Step 4. In the Plugin, select the 'Actions' tab;

Step 5. Choose an Action from the list and click on the 'Run' button;

Inside each Action you will see the name and description. You will also see the Connections Interfaces linked to the resources you want to run the action;

Step 6. Fill in the Action's parameters list and click on the 'Next' button.

Parameters are the Actions inputs. It may have already been configured in the Workspace Context. It can be mandatory or not. If they are mandatory, you cannot change them.

Step 7. On the Review screen, check the information and click on the 'Run' button;

Step 8. You will receive the Action's execution status and its responses. Check if it failed, or not.

Done!

You run an Action on your Application or Shared Infrastructure.