:banner: banners/db_online.jpg .. _db_online: ========================== Online Database management ========================== .. _duplicate_online: Duplicating a database ====================== .. note:: Database duplication, renaming, custom DNS, etc. is not available to free customers of our Online platform. Access the `database management page `__ (you will have to sign in). Next, make sure you are connected as the administrator of the database you want to duplicate. After that, click on the **Manage Your Databases** button. .. image:: media/databases.png :align: center In the line of the database you want to duplicate, you will have a few buttons. To duplicate your database, just click **Duplicate**. You will have to give a name to your duplicate, then click **Duplicate Database**. .. image:: media/db_buttons.png :align: center .. image:: media/db_duplicate.png :align: center .. danger:: A duplicated database has the same behaviour as a real one: * Emails are sent * Payments are processed (in the e-commerce, for example) * Delivery orders (shipping providers) are sent * Etc. It is **strongly** advised to test behaviour using sample customers/products (with a `disposable e-mail `__ address, for example) After a few seconds, you will be logged in your duplicated database. Notice that the url uses the name you chose for your duplicated database. .. note :: Duplicate databases expire automatically after 15 days. .. image:: media/dup_expires.png :align: center