Common Tasks

Practical examples of everyday operations with Qovery AI Copilot

Daily Operations

Check Infrastructure Status

You: "Show me the status of all my environments"

Copilot: Lists all environments with their status, deployed services, and health

Deploy Latest Changes

You: "Deploy the latest commit of my-api to staging"

Copilot:
1. Finds my-api application
2. Gets latest commit from main branch
3. Deploys to staging environment
4. Monitors deployment progress
5. Reports success

Quick Service Restart

You: "Restart the frontend application"

Copilot: Triggers application redeploy and confirms when complete

Environment Management

Create Test Environment

You: "Create a new environment called feature-auth for testing"

Copilot:
1. Creates new environment
2. Configures default settings
3. Confirms creation
4. Provides environment details

Clone for Testing

You: "Clone production to staging-test"

Copilot:
1. Reads production configuration
2. Creates staging-test environment
3. Clones all services
4. Adjusts resource allocations
5. Confirms setup complete

Clean Up Old Environments

You: "Delete all environments starting with feature- that are older than 7 days"

Copilot:
1. Lists matching environments
2. Checks last activity dates
3. Identifies candidates for deletion
4. Asks for confirmation
5. Deletes approved environments

Deployment Scenarios

Deploy Specific Version

You: "Deploy version 2.1.0 of the backend to production"

Copilot:
1. Finds backend application
2. Locates version 2.1.0 tag
3. Deploys to production
4. Waits for health checks
5. Confirms successful deployment

Multi-Service Deployment

You: "Deploy both API and frontend to staging"

Copilot:
1. Identifies both services
2. Deploys API first
3. Waits for API to be healthy
4. Deploys frontend
5. Verifies both services running

Rollback Deployment

You: "Rollback the API to the previous version"

Copilot:
1. Identifies last working version
2. Initiates rollback deployment
3. Monitors rollback progress
4. Confirms previous version restored

Resource Management

Scale Services

You: "Scale the API service to 5 replicas"

Copilot:
1. Updates replica count
2. Triggers redeployment
3. Waits for all replicas to be ready
4. Confirms scaling complete

Update Environment Variables

You: "Update the DATABASE_URL environment variable for my-api"

Copilot:
1. Prompts for new value
2. Updates environment variable
3. Asks if you want to redeploy
4. Redeployments if confirmed

Monitoring & Investigation

Check Application Logs

You: "Show me logs for the API from the last 30 minutes"

Copilot:
1. Retrieves logs from last 30 minutes
2. Displays formatted log entries
3. Highlights errors if present

Investigate Errors

You: "Why is my deployment failing?"

Copilot:
1. Checks deployment status
2. Analyzes deployment logs
3. Identifies error cause
4. Suggests remediation steps

Monitor Resource Usage

You: "Show me CPU and memory usage for production services"

Copilot:
1. Queries metrics for all production services
2. Displays current resource usage
3. Highlights services near limits

Cost Management

Analyze Spending

You: "Show me costs for the last month"

Copilot:
1. Retrieves usage data
2. Calculates costs per environment
3. Displays breakdown by service type
4. Shows trends

Stop Unused Resources

You: "Stop all development environments overnight"

Copilot:
1. Identifies development environments
2. Schedules stop at end of day
3. Schedules start in morning
4. Confirms automation setup

Database Operations

Check Database Status

You: "Is the PostgreSQL database running?"

Copilot: Checks and reports database status with connection details

Restart Database

You: "Restart the staging database"

Copilot:
1. Stops database service
2. Waits for graceful shutdown
3. Starts database service
4. Verifies database is healthy

Configuration Management

List Services

You: "What applications are deployed in production?"

Copilot: Lists all applications with their status and URLs

Get Configuration Details

You: "Show me the configuration for my-api"

Copilot: Displays application settings, environment variables, resources, and networking

Quick Wins

One-Line Deployments

"Deploy latest to staging"
"Restart production"
"Stop dev environment"

Status Checks

"Is everything healthy?"
"Show failing services"
"What's broken?"

Batch Operations

"Restart all APIs"
"Scale down all dev services"
"Update env var across all environments"

Tips for Effective Use

Be Specific When Needed

Good: “Deploy my-api version 2.0 to production”

Less Clear: “Deploy something”

Copilot will ask for clarification if needed

Use Context

Build on Previous:

• “Show production”
• “Deploy latest there”
• “Now check if it’s healthy”

Combine Operations

Single Request: “Deploy to staging, wait for health check, then promote to production”

Copilot handles the entire workflow

Ask for Explanations

• “Why did that fail?”
• “What does this error mean?”
• “How do I fix this?”

Copilot provides context and guidance

Next Steps

Advanced Workflows

Complex multi-step automation scenarios

Infrastructure Management

Deep dive into infrastructure operations

Deployment Automation

Learn about deployment capabilities

Troubleshooting

Debug and resolve issues