Environments

Application environments for development, staging, and production

Create isolated development, staging, and production environments from one shared stack definition.

  • Copy compatible configuration from another instance of the same app
  • Pause idle instances while preserving configuration and persistent data
  • Keep one stack definition while changing settings per environment
Create an app environmentSee application stacks

Apply environment-specific settings without branching your stack

Environment differences should live in configuration, not in parallel infrastructure definitions that drift over time.

Wodby lets every application instance inherit a shared base configuration and then apply the settings that only make sense for a specific environment. You can turn on debugging in development, keep tighter security in production, and preserve production-like behavior in staging without maintaining separate stacks for each stage.

  • Production environments focused on reliability, performance, and security.
  • Development environments tuned for debugging and rapid iteration.
  • Staging, testing, and feature environments that mirror production where it matters.

Create a new environment from compatible configuration

Start with reviewed settings from another environment instead of entering every compatible field again.

Wodby can prefill compatible CI, registry, repository, service, and integration settings from another instance of the same app. Review the result, choose the data connections that belong in the new environment, and deploy it as an independent instance.

  • Reuse compatible build and repository settings.
  • Prefill supported service configuration and integrations.
  • Review database and storage choices before deployment.
Imports, backups, persistent-volume data, and database data are not copied. If the source uses an existing external database, copying its selection can connect both instances to the same database; choose a different or new database when the environments must stay isolated.

Pause an idle environment without deleting it

Release workload compute when an environment is not needed, then resume it with its configuration and persistent data still in place.

On paid plans, pausing scales application workloads to zero, stops scheduled and active workload resources, and makes the instance's endpoints unavailable. Routes, configuration, secrets, persistent volumes, and Helm releases remain associated with the instance so it can be resumed later.

  • Release requested workload CPU and memory while the environment is paused.
  • Stop counting enabled services toward app-service plan usage after the pause completes.
  • Skip automatic cron jobs and backups that become due while the instance is pausing, paused, or resuming.
  • Resume explicitly when the environment is needed again; a pause has no automatic expiration.

Persistent storage and cluster infrastructure remain provisioned and may continue to incur separate costs. Read the app instance pausing announcement or the lifecycle documentation for the full behavior.

Roll out configuration changes from one shared stack

A central stack definition keeps environment changes intentional and easier to review before they reach production.

Each app instance starts from a versioned application stack. When you change services, configs, or variables in that stack, you can decide when each environment should pick up the update. This reduces configuration sprawl and makes the relationship between development, staging, and production much easier to reason about.

  • Test infrastructure changes in lower environments before production.
  • Keep a clear revision history for application configuration changes.
  • Let teams manage their own instances without losing central control.

Support safer releases and faster feedback loops

Isolated environments make it easier to validate work before it reaches customers.

When developers, QA, and stakeholders can work in dedicated environments, release work stops competing for the same shared setup. That gives teams a cleaner path for feature testing, bug reproduction, and final verification before a production rollout.

Combined with CI/CD, app instances become a practical way to shorten review cycles while protecting production from unfinished changes.

Next step

Create the next environment without recreating your platform

Create development, staging, and production environments from the same application blueprint while keeping clear boundaries between them.

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