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Table of contents

Logging in to the staging server

Step 1: Log

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into the Pantheon Dashboard

The dashboard is located at https://dashboard.pantheon.io. 

Step 2:

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Once you log into your live website, click on the 'prod' tab. That should reveal two options: 'Open in: prod', and 'Open in: stage'.

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Step 3: Click on 'Open in: Stage'

And now you're in your staging website! Notice how the administration menu is now maroon and white. The word "staging" should also be visible on the administration menu.

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If you cannot access your staging site but know that you should be able to, please put in a ticket to the Franklin OIT Helpdesk via helpdesk.franklin.uga.edu.

Accessing the live website from your staging website

If you're done working on stage, and you want to access your live website, you don't have to type in the URL for it. You can easily access your live website from staging. Note: None of the changes you made in your staging website will appear in your live website! You need to make the same changes in the live website for them to show up!

Step 1: Click on the "staging" tab

That will make the options below appear. 

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Step 2: Click on 'Open in: prod"

And now you're in your live website! Notice how the administration menu is now black and white.

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Select the sandbox that your site is in

Select the sandbox that contains your live site. See below.

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Step 3: Open the Live Site tab and then click "backups"

First click to open the Live server environment. Don't worry you can't break anything! 

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Next click "Backups"

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Step 4: Run Backup

Just leave the backup time selector on "1 Month" and click the yellow "Create New Backup" button.

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Step 5: Breathe and go forward

Uh oh, what if I break the site after I do this → How do I restore the backup? Follow the Restore documentation.