A sandbox environment is a replica of the Vista Cloud system that you can use for testing without affecting your production (live) environment.

If you’re subscribed to a sandbox environment (found at home.sandbox.vista.co), you can turn it on and off (start and stop it) whenever required for purposes such as testing and projects.

If you don’t currently have a sandbox environment and would like to discuss a subscription, please contact your Vista Account Manager.

Sandbox environments are turned off by default. They can be turned on for 24 hours, and they automatically shut off when that time is up.

Before you begin

• Make sure you have Circuit Admin rights. These are needed to turn sandbox environments on and off.

Steps

1. In Vista Cloud, go to Settings > Tenant Overview.
   • You’ll see VMs (virtual machines) and other technical infrastructure related to your sandbox.
2. Click Start All VMs to start your sandbox.
   • This process can take up to an hour.
     
     
     
     
3. The sandbox environment will automatically shut down after 24 hours. If you'd like to shut it down sooner:

   1. Save all your work, and close any open applications when you're finished, so that you don't lose progress when the sandbox shuts down.

   2. Click Stop All VMs.

Submit a request if you need assistance.

Future enhancement

Vista is developing a new feature that will allow sandboxes to be turned on for a duration of 14 days and include options for automated start-up and shutdown.