Share Environment

A client who originally created an environment becomes its Owner and shares it with other Users, specifying corresponding access rights for each of user.

Owners have full control over the environment.

Users can perform a wide range of actions within a shared environment: deploy applications, change configurations, read log files, view statistics, etc. The only exception is that they cannot clone an environment.

Additionally, the Owner of the environment can permit a User to change its topology and to access it via SSH.

The charges for the environment are applied only to the Owner (the other users of the shared environment are not charged).BitssCloud environments can be shared with:

• Registered BitssCloud accounts
• Unregistered emails will be signed up automatically

Based on this division, the process of sharing can differ slightly. Let’s review the steps of the two sharing types.

Environment Sharing with a Registered Account

To share any of your environments with more BitssCloud users and allow them appropriate permissions, follow this instruction:

1. Open the environment’s Settings.

2. In the Collaboration section, add another BitssCloud user account (Email) and tick the Change topology / SSH access option (in the case you would like to permit these activities for the specified user).

3. After clicking the Save button, this user will receive an email notification about environment sharing and can proceed to manage it.

Environment Sharing with an Unregistered Account

To share your environment with a user who is not registered with BitssCloud, follow these steps:

1. Open the environment’s Settings.

2. In the Collaboration section, add the Email of the user that you want to share the environment with.

3. Click the Save button.

Firstly, you will see this user in the list with custom triangle signs which means that the invitation was sent. Then, this user will disappear from the list, as technically the environment is not shared with him yet.

4. As a result, a user will get an email notification with an invitation to join your collaboration.

When the invitation is confirmed, a user will be automatically registered and will receive an email notification with credentials to the BitssCloud account. You will be informed about this confirmation via email.

By default, there is a trial test for newly registered users. So that once you cross your trial limitation period account will deactivate until the account is transferred to a paid one.

Detailed info on your account limitations can be found in the Balance > Quotas & Pricing > Account Limits tab.

Manage a Shared Environment

• Click on the Settings button in the top right corner of the BitssCloud dashboard, to manage the environments shared by/with you.

Navigate to the Collaboration or Shared with Me option (depending on your requirements) and manage the desired settings.

• If you are the owner of the environment

      In the Collaboration option, you can remove access to your environment for any user or limit the permissions by unticking the Change topology/SSH access option.

• If you are the user of someone’s environment

             In the Shared with Me option, you can decline from using the shared environment.

 Now, you can work together with other team members, Have fun!