- Deployments
- Create a Deployment
- Assign a Deployment to Groups
- Create a Group with Members
- Assign the Group to the Deployment
- Team Member Deployment Activation
- Deactivating Deployments
- Pausing a Deployment
- De-provisioning groups from the deployment
- Individual Deployment Deactivate
Deployments
Deployments are the way to automatically provision PixieBrix Mods to Groups of team members
Create a Deployment
- Define a shared mod. For it to be accessible to your organization, you must do one of the following:
- Use the
@scope
for your organization in the brick id - Share the mod publicly
- On the Admin Console Team page, click Deployments to go to the Deployments Listing page
- On the Deployments Listing page, click Create Deployment
- In the Create Deployment modal, give your Deployment a Name
The deployment name will be visible to team members that receive the deployment
If the Deployment has integrations, the form will prompt you to select which Integration Credentials to use with the deployment
Assign a Deployment to Groups
Create a Group with Members
If the Group does not already exist, Create a Group. See for information on how to create and manage groups.Account Management
Assign the Group to the Deployment
- On the Admin Console Team page, click Deployments to go to the Deployments Listing page
- Click on the Deployment in the list,
- On the Deployment detail screen, click on the Groups tab
- At the top of the table, click the “Add Group"
- If the Group does not already have access to the mod, integration configurations, and databases used by the deployment, PixieBrix will prompt you to grant permissions to the group.
Team Member Deployment Activation
The PixieBrix Browser Extension checks every 5 min. for new/updated Deployments. Team members can also manually open the PixieBrix Active Bricks page to activate deployments
Refer to for Team Member instructions for activating deploymentsTeam Member Quick Start
Deactivating Deployments
Deleting a Deployment will also delete its configuration and audit history. To temporarily deactivate a deployment, follow the steps below
There are two ways to temporarily deactivate a deployment:
- Pause the deployment
- De-provision groups from the deployment
Pausing a Deployment
- On the Admin Console Team page, click Deployments to go to the Deployments Listing page
- Select the Deployment you want to deactivate
- To temporarily pause a deployment, toggle the "Active" state on the deployment detail page
De-provisioning groups from the deployment
- On the Admin Console Team page, click Deployments to go to the Deployments Listing page
- Select the Deployment you want to deactivate
- Click on Groups to view the Groups the Deployment is assigned to
- Click Remove next to the Groups that you want to deactivate the deployment for.
- To re-activate a Deployment, follow the "Assign the Group to the Deployment" instructions above
Individual Deployment Deactivate
Restricted members of organizations cannot uninstall deployments
PixieBrix can be configured to send email alerts when an individual team member de-activates a Deployment. To configure this, contact support@pixiebrix.com
Individual Team Members can de-activate a deployment from the Active Bricks page
- Find the Deployment in the Active Team Deployments section
- Click "Uninstall"
- To re-activate the Deployment, click "Activate" in the banner