Server Tagging & Organisation

Overview: Aireforge Studio allows users to tag and organise servers across environments like production, staging, test, and development. The colour-coding feature helps users quickly identify the environment they are working on. For example, red is used for production to act as a visual warning.

Server tags and their configurations are shared between users of a profile. This means that when one user applies tags and organises servers, those settings are visible to all users of the same profile. The same colour-coding scheme is applied in other modules, like Scripts, to maintain consistency across different areas of the application.

Tagging Servers:

  • Tags can be added, edited, deleted, and reordered from the Configure Tags dialog, which is accessible under the Amend Server section.
  • Colours can be assigned to tags for easy identification, such as red for production or green for development.
  • Tags are hierarchical, allowing users to nest tags within other tags for better organisation. For example, you could have a top-level Production tag with child tags like Production-US and Production-EU.
  • Users can drag and drop tags to change their order or hierarchy, making it easier to organise servers as environments evolve.

Shared Profiles:

Server tagging is part of the shared profiles functionality. When a profile is shared, all users linked to the profile see the same tag configurations. This allows teams to maintain a consistent organisational structure across all team members, simplifying management in multi-environment setups.

Steps to Configure Server Tags:

  1. Navigate to the Profile tab and select Amend Server.
  2. Open the Connection Properties tab.
  3. Click Configure Tags.
  4. In the Configure Tags dialog:
    • Use the Add button to create new tags.
    • Set a custom colour by selecting the tag and clicking Set Colour.
    • Tags can be renamed or deleted as needed.
    • Reorganise tags by dragging and dropping them in the desired order.
  5. Click OK to save your changes.

The custom colours and tags are now applied across the shared profile, so other users can see the same settings.

Practical Example:

If you are working on a production server, the red tag will appear in both the Estate module and the Scripts module, giving you a visual cue to be cautious. This consistent tagging ensures that no matter where you are working within Aireforge Studio, you have immediate context on the type of environment.

Aireforge Tag Management Window