Clone an Instance¶

To clone an instance, navigate to the type of instance under Manage in the left-hand navigation pane. This will bring you to the list of existing instances of that type.

List of Nautobot Instances

Click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the instance you want to clone. This will open a dropdown menu with several options.

Dropdown to the right of an instance with a list of possible actions

Click the Clone button to clone the instance. This will bring you to a dialog where you will choose the new name and have the option to choose a new Project for the clone. You may also choose to customize the URL for the clone.

Clone Instance dialog

Vault Paths

Any Secrets that were associated with the original instance will be copied to the new instance, however, if you configured the Secret in Nautobot via the HashiCorp Vault Provider, you will need to update the Path to point to the new vault path. You can find the new vault path by clicking on the Nautobot Instance in the Nautobot Cloud Console and navigating to the Secrets tab.

Instance Secrets tab

Secrets sourced from Environment Variables are not affected by this and are automatically added to the new instance.

Important

Only instances that are in a Healthy state may be cloned (unhealthy states include: Creating, Restarting, Updating and Destroying).
All data, installed apps and app configurations will be cloned to the new instance (you may choose to add or remove apps after creation).
The new instance will be created with the same access level (e.g., Private or Public) as the original instance (you may change the access level after creation).
If you cloned a "production" instance (one that is monitored by our Nautobot Cloud support team), the new instance will NOT be monitored automatically. You will need to contact support to enable monitoring on this new instance if it is intended to be considered a "production" instance.