Overview

Use the Protection mode to prevent the overwrite of live production data. This mode restricts data migration tasks that originate from lower environments such as Development or Staging.

Key capabilities

• Environment-Level Toggle: Set a global safety default for a Production environment.

• Site-Level Overrides: Granularly enable or disable protection for specific sites to bypass the environment default.

• Inheritance Logic: Sites automatically follow the environment's state unless an explicit override is defined.

Overview

Use the Protection mode to prevent the overwrite of live production data. This mode restricts data migration tasks that originate from lower environments such as Development or Staging.

Key capabilities

• Environment-Level Toggle: Set a global safety default for a Production environment.

• Site-Level Overrides: Granularly enable or disable protection for specific sites to bypass the environment default.

• Inheritance Logic: Sites automatically follow the environment's state unless an explicit override is defined.

Enabling the Protection mode for a production environment

Enable the Protection mode to prevent the copy of files and databases to a production environment. This restricts misconfiguring a live site with unwanted data. 

To enable the Protection mode for a production environment:

1. Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface.

2. Go to Codebases.

   The system displays all available codebases along with the number of sites and environments associated with the codebases.

3. Select the number in the Environment column.
4. Select a specific Production environment to access the Environment Overview page.
5. Click Actions > Enable Protection mode.

6. Click Enable.

   The system displays a confirmation message and updates the Protection mode option on the Overview page to Enabled. If the Protection mode is not enabled, the system displays an alert message.

Disabling the Protection mode for a production environment

To allow files and databases to be copied to a production environment, you can disable the Protection mode. Acquia recommends that you exercise caution before you disable this mode for your production environment.

To disable the Protection mode for a production environment:

1. Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface.

2. Go to Codebases.

   The system displays all available codebases along with the number of sites and environments associated with the codebases.

3. Select the number in the Environment column.
4. Select a specific Production environment to access the Environment Overview page.
5. Click Actions > Disable Protection mode.

6. Click Disable.

   The system displays a confirmation message and updates the Protection mode option on the Overview page to Disabled. However, if the system is unable to disable the Protection mode, the system displays an alert message.

Viewing the current Protection mode for a production environment

To know if the Protection mode is enabled or disabled for your production environment:

1. Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface.

2. Go to Codebases.

   The system displays all available codebases along with the number of sites and environments associated with the codebases.

3. Select the number in the Environment column.
4. Select a specific Production environment to access the Environment Overview page.
5. Verify if the Protection mode option is set to Enabled or Disabled.

Overriding the Protection mode at site level

You can override the environment-level setting for the Protection mode at site level. This ensures that your sites can have a mode different from the one set at the environment level.

To override the Protection mode at site level:

1. Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface.

2. Go to Codebases.

   The system displays all available codebases along with the number of sites and environments associated with the codebases.

3. Select the number in the Environment column.
4. Select a specific environment to access the Environment Overview page.

5. In Sites, go to the Associated section, locate a specific site, and click Actions > Override Protection mode.

   This displays the Override Protection Mode pop-up window.

6. In Site-level Protection mode, select one of the following options:
   • None: Select this option if you do not want to override the Protection mode at the site instance and instead want to inherit the mode selected at the environment level.
   • Enable: Select this option to enable the Protection mode at the site instance regardless of the mode selected at the environment level.
   • Disable: Select this option to disable the Protection mode at the site instance regardless of the mode selected at the environment level.

7. Click Save.

   The system displays a confirmation message and updates the value for the PROTECTION MODE column. However, if the system is unable to override the environment-level setting, the system displays an alert message.

Viewing the current Protection mode at the site level

To know if the Protection mode is enabled or disabled at the site level:

1. Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface.

2. Go to Codebases.

   The system displays all available codebases along with the number of sites and environments associated with the codebases.

3. Select the number in the Environment column.
4. Select a specific Production environment to access the Environment Overview page.
5. In Sites, go to the Associated section, locate your site, and check the value for the PROTECTION MODE column.
   • Inherit: The site follows the environment-level setting.
   • Enabled: Protection is applied for this site, regardless of environment settings.
   • Disabled: Protection is removed for this site, regardless of environment settings.