Next steps

1. Select Execution Context At the top of the MechCloud console, select the execution context for your operation:

   • Team — e.g., Academy (User 2)

   • AWS Account — e.g., Test1 (User 2)

   • Region — e.g., Europe (Ireland)

   • Context — e.g., app1-dev1

2. Generate the Plan Click Plan to generate an execution plan. MechCloud compares the desired state (defined in YAML) with the actual AWS infrastructure and determines which resources require changes.

3. Review Plan Actions Each resource in the plan shows an action indicating how MechCloud will reconcile it:

   • create — the resource does not exist and will be created.

   • update — the resource exists but properties differ and will be updated.

   • delete — the resource exists but is no longer in the desired state and will be removed.

   • recreate — the resource will be deleted and then created again (for non-updatable property changes).

   • none — the resource is already in the desired state; no action required.

4. Apply the Plan (When Changes Exist)

   • The Apply button becomes visible only when the plan includes at least one resource whose action is not none.

   • Click Apply to provision or update resources as per the plan.

   • MechCloud will execute the required operations and bring your AWS environment to match the desired state.

5. Verify Post-Apply State

   • Once the apply completes, click Plan again to re-run the comparison.

   • If all resources now display action: none, the desired and actual states are in sync.

   • In this case, the Apply button will not be visible because no further changes are required.

6. Handle Errors (If Any)

   • If any errors occur during the apply step, re-run Plan to refresh dependencies and reconcile state.

   • Then click Apply again to retry provisioning with the updated plan.