Overview

This page will help you as unit administrator or member of your unit's web committee to log into the staging server. The staging server contains a near identical copy of your live website where you can play around and make any changes that won't be reflected on the live website. You can use this to practice, learn, and make as many changes as you'd like until you feel comfortable enough to apply them on your live website. 

Table of contents

Step 1: Log into the Pantheon Dashboard

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

Step 2: Select the sandbox that your site is in

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

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! 

Next click "Backups"

Step 4: Run Backup

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

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.