Purchasing a Sandbox Instance

Before officially releasing an application, test and configure data in the sandbox environment. You can also perform tests in the development environment. The sandbox is completely isolated from the development environment, so testing in the sandbox will not affect the development environment configuration.

Restrictions

The Buy Sandbox entry is displayed on the console only after you apply for a free instance or purchase a commercial instance. All four types of instances support sandboxes.

Purchasing a Sandbox

Use the IAM user created in Creating a User and Authorizing the User to Use Huawei Cloud Astro Zero to purchase a sandbox instance.

On the page for purchasing an instance, set related parameters and click Buy Now.

Figure 1 Purchasing a sandbox
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**Table 1** Parameters for purchasing a sandbox
Parameter	Description
Edition	Select the sandbox environment.
Instance Name	The instance name must be unique under the same account and cannot be modified after the instance is created. The naming requirements are as follows: Contains 4 to 64 characters. Starts with a letter and can contain only letters, digits, and underscores (_).
Quantity	Enter the number of sandboxes to be purchased. A maximum of five sandboxes can be purchased at a time.
Specifications	For details about the sandbox specifications, see Edition Differences.
Required Duration	Select a validity period for the sandbox. The value ranges from 1 month to 3 years.

On the Buy Huawei Cloud Astro Zero page, confirm the payment method and click Pay Now.
After you pay for the order, click the button to return to the Huawei Cloud Astro Zero console.
Access the sandbox environment.

It takes several minutes to create a sandbox instance. After the sandbox instance is created, the console displays a message indicating that the sandbox instance is purchased. Click Manage Sandbox Environment to enter the environment.