Altostra for Visual Studio Code

The Altostra extension makes it easy to build and deliver cloud applications directly from Visual Studio Code. It provides a drag-and-drop interface alongside the code that simplifies building cloud services to enable any developer the freedom to design and deploy locally.

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For more information, tutorials, how-to guides and technical references, read the documentation.

Setup

To use the full feature set of the Altostra extension, first:

1. Sign up for an Altostra account.
2. Follow the Getting Started guide to setup your account.
3. Install the Altostra CLI:
   Requires Node.js 10 or above to be installed.

npm install -g @altostra/cli

* Are you facing a permission issue? Add sudo to the beginning of the command below.

4. Log in to Altostra from the CLI:

alto login

Features

• Visually design application architectures:
  • Drag and drop cloud resources
  • Connect the resources and define their relationships
  • Configure parameters for resources to use from the target deployment environments.
• Create applications from templates:
  • From publicly available, ready to use, templates.
  • From a private templates library.
• Integration with the Altostra CLI for deployment and management of applications.

Using

When the Altostra extension is installed, a new icon with the Altostra logo appears on the main toolbar for the Altostra view. Use the Altostra view to design and manage your applications.

The extension also includes a set of commands, available from the Visual Studio Code commands pallette.

Support

We would love to hear from you!

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For more information visit us at www.altostra.com