Hot start
Pre-provision sandboxes for instant access later on.
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Pre-provision sandboxes for instant access later on.
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Hot starting is creating a pool of sandbox instances that are instantly available when a learner starts your track. Without Hot Start, sandbox environments start on demand when a learner starts a track. This means learners have to wait for Instruqt to provision the sandbox environment before they can access them.
Billing
You are billed for hot start sandboxes, even if learners are not using them.
Take the following steps to create an always hot pool:
Click Settings -> Hot Start to open the Manage hot start page.
Click Create.
Select the tracks or that you want to be preheated.
In the Name field, enter a name for the pool.
In the Number of hot sandboxes per track/sandbox preset field, enter your desired number.
For Hot Start type, select Always hot.
Click Create.
Take the following steps to create a scheduled pool:
Click Settings -> Hot start to open the Manage hot start page.
Select Create.
In the Name field, enter a name for the pool.
In the Number of hot sandboxes per track/sandbox preset field, enter your desired number.
For Hot Start type, select Scheduled.
In the Start provisioning on field, select or enter the starting date when the pool should begin provisioning.
Select the Starting time when the pool should begin provisioning.
Select the Time to live.
Click Create.
Click Share Content to open the Manage track invites page.
Click the ••• of the track invite you want to create a hot start pool for.
Click Create Hot Start pool on the pop-up. ↳ The Create Hot Start page opens, with the settings pre-filled.
Check the settings and click Create to create the pool.
Duplicate a hot start pool with the following steps:
Click Settings -> Hot start to open the Hot start page.
Click the ••• of the pool you want to duplicate.
Click Duplicate on the pop-up. ↳ The Create Hot Start page opens, with the settings pre filled.
Check the settings and click Create to create the pool.
Delete a hot start pool with the following steps:
Click Settings -> Hot start to open the Hot start page.
Click the ••• of the pool you want to delete.
Click Delete on the pop-up. ↳ The Delete Hot Start confirmation opens.
Click Confirm.
You can also watch this video tutorial for an explanation of how hot start works:
Select the tracks or that you want to be preheated.
It's possible to create a hot start pool from a . To do so, take the following steps: