Add A Deployment Group

Each environment has Deployment Groups, and the Deployment Groups contain all of the computing servers of a certain type within an environment that should be treated as a unit. Standard deployment groups are Code, Asset, and Database.

This guide assumes some knowledge of Cascade terminology, before proceeding read more about Deployment Targets, Deployment Groups, and Deployment Environments in our FAQ on this subject.

Prerequisites

You will need to log into Cascade as a special kind of administrator to add Deployment Groups. In order to check your permissions, please navigate to the Environments tab in the administration section of Cascade, you should see a display similar to below.

Take note of the + icon next to the Deployment Groups header. If you do not see the + icon, your account does not have permission to add Deployment Groups.

Add a New Deployment Group

1. Navigate to the Environments Tab in the Administration dashboard by clicking the Administration header and then the Environments tab.
2. Ensure you have the appropriate permissions to create Deployment Groups by looking for the + symbol next to the Deployment Groups header as shown above.
3. Navigate to the environment you want to add a Deployment Group to by clicking on the environment name.
4. Click the + symbol beside the Deployment Groups header.
5. Fill in your desired name for the Deployment Group. Note that there is a switch to add the Deployment Group to all environments. If you do not want to add the Deployment Group to all environments, click the switch to turn this feature off.
6. Click the “Create” button.

Attach Deployment Targets to Deployment Groups

After your Deployment Group is created, you must decide which Deployment Targets are associated with it.

1. Click on the gear icon next to the Deployment Group and decide what targets are enabled by clicking a check-box.
2. Click the save button.
3. Repeat for each new Deployment Group.

Update an Existing Deployment Group

1. Navigate to the Environments Tab in the Administration dashboard.
2. Select the Environment Tab that is going to edited.
3. Click the Gear in the desired Deployment Group.
4. Select or deselect the desired Deployment Target in the drop down. Search in the search box if needed.
5. Click the Save button.

If you selected a Deployment Target then it should show up in the Deployment Group area. Alternatively, If you deselected a Deployment Target then it should no longer be in the Deployment Group area.

Remove a Deployment Group

1. Navigate to the Environments Tab in the Administration dashboard.
2. Select the Environment Tab that is going to edited.
3. Click the gear in the desired Deployment Group and deselect any Deployment Targets associated with the Deployment Group. Click “Save”.
4. Click the trashcan in the desired Deployment Group. Click “Confirm”.