Launching Environments in Facets

Launching an environment in Facets initiates the creation of a cluster and provisions the required resources. Through the Environment Launch Wizard, you can configure your infrastructure to match your specific needs, from development environments to production-grade deployments.

Cloud Infrastructure Setup

The launch process begins with connecting your cloud provider and configuring your network infrastructure. Facets supports:

Multiple cloud providers with account-level isolation
Custom VPC configurations for network security
Region and availability zone selection for global deployment
Flexible CIDR range definition for network planning

Kubernetes Configuration

Tailor your Kubernetes cluster to your workload requirements with options for:

Cost optimization through Spot instances for development and testing
High availability with On-Demand instances for production workloads
Customizable node configurations for different workload types
Auto-scaling capabilities with configurable node limits

Resource Management

During launch, you have complete control over your environment's resources:

Enable or disable specific resources based on your needs
Configure resource-specific parameters for optimal performance
Set up environment variables and secrets for secure configuration
Review and adjust resource dependencies before deployment

How to Launch an Environment in Facets?

From the Projects menu, select your project and navigate to the Environment tab
Click Launch on your chosen environment to start the Launch Wizard
Configure your environment through the wizard's steps:
- Connect your cloud provider and select account
- Set up networking with VPC configuration
- Configure Kubernetes cluster settings
- Review and set secrets & variables, you can override/fullfill them based on your setup.
- Enable required resources

Interactive Demo of 'How to Launch an environment on Facets'

Your environment will begin provisioning once launched, and you can monitor its progress through the Control Plane.

Destroying Environments in Facets

When you destroy an environment in Facets, you remove all provisioned infrastructure while preserving the environment configuration in the Control Plane. This allows you to later relaunch the environment with the same configuration if needed.

What Happens During Destruction

When you destroy an environment:

The Kubernetes cluster is terminated
All dependent infrastructure resources are removed
Environment configuration remains preserved in the Control Plane
Environment state changes to STOPPED
Billing for cloud resources stops

Environment States and Destruction

Environments can only be destroyed when they are in a stable state:

Must be in RUNNING state for destruction
Cannot destroy environments that are LAUNCHING
Cannot destroy environments that are SCALED DOWN

The Control Plane will manage the orderly shutdown and removal of all provisioned resources.

How to Destroy an Environment

Destroying an environment removes all provisioned infrastructure while keeping the configuration in the Control Plane for future use.

Open Projects tab and choose the Project that contains the environment
Select the Environments tab and select the Environment you intend to destroy
Click the Destroy button in the top right corner
In the pop-up, enter 'Confirm' and click Confirm

Note: This action will delete the Kubernetes cluster and its dependent infrastructure resources.

Interactive Demo on 'How to Destroy an environment on Facets'

How to Delete an Environment

To permanently remove an environment from the Control Plane:

Open Projects tab and choose the Project that contains the environment
Select the Environments tab and select the Environment you intend to delete
Select the Environment Settings tab and click on Danger Zone
Click Delete Environment
In the pop-up, enter 'Confirm' and click Confirm

Important: An environment can only be deleted after it has been destroyed.

Launching and Destroying Environments