Create an Application From Scratch

WildCloud allows you to easily create a WordPress application like WaaS or SaaS, from scratch. These applications are defined as the collection of packaged WordPress-based instances which are called tenants, and controlled via “versions”.

Create an Application From Scratch

In this documentation, we will explore steps to create an application from scratch.

Let’s get started🚀

Step 1: Log in to your WildCloud account and you will be navigated to the Applications page by default.

Step 2: Click on the Create Application to build your first application. 

This will navigate you to the Create new application page providing you with several options to start creating your application.

 

 

Step 3: Select Empty application and click Next at the bottom of the page to start working on your application .

 

Step 4: Enter the name that you want to give to your application and click on Next. 

Step 5: Select the Region in which you want to create your application and choose the subscription name from the dropdown menu. Click on the Next button after making the selections. 

Step 6: Select the desired WordPress version and PHP version (from the dropdown menu) in which you want to create your new application. Click on the Create application button.

This will create your application and navigate you to the Resource status page where you can view your newly created app and its current version. 

Note: It may take a few minutes to show the application and version status.

Step 7: Click on Go to application to view your newly created app details.

This will navigate you to the application details page where you can explore general information about the app, version details, and tenant details. 

Application Details

General Information

Attribute	Description
Name	Name of the app
Created	Timestamp when the app was created
Subscription	Subscription under which the app is created

Versions

Navigate to this section to perform the following actions: 

1. Shutdown the editor
2. Deploy a snapshot
3. Import an Existing Site as a Version

You can also view all the snapshots (version, tenant, custom) created under the respective version of the newly created application.

Tenants

Navigate to this section to perform the following actions: 

1. Import an Existing Site as a Tenant
2. Add a tenant

You can also view the tenants created and explore the following information.

Attribute	Description
Name	Name of the created tenant
URL	URL link of the tenant
Running on version	Displays the version on which the tenant was created
Last updated	Timestamp when the tenant was updated last time
Created	Timestamp when the tenant was created
Status	Displays the status of the tenant

Step 8: Click on Go to version to view the first version of your newly created application.

This will navigate you to the version details page of the newly created application where you can explore general information about the version, tenants, and snapshots. 

Version Details

General Information

Attribute	Description
Name	Displays the name of the version
Updated	Timestamp when the version was updated last time
Created	Timestamp when the version was created
WordPress version	Displays the WordPress version using which the application is created
PHP version	Displays the PHP version using which the application is created
Status	Displays the status of the application

Tenants

You can view the list of the created tenants and view the following information related to them.

Attribute	Description
Name	Name of the created tenant
URL	URL link of the tenant
Last updated	Timestamp when the tenant was updated last time
Created	Timestamp when the tenant was created
Status	Displays the status of the tenant

Snapshots

Displays all the snapshots (version, tenant, custom) created under the respective version of the newly created application.