Concepts And Terminology

Moltern is easier to operate when everyone uses the same words.

Workspace​

A workspace is the top-level area where your team deploys and manages workloads. The sidebar shows the active workspace.

Workspace-level settings include plan, usage, webhook endpoints, connected source providers, and access context.

Environment Group​

An environment group organizes related environments.

Examples:

• Customer Portal
• Internal Tools
• Marketing
• AI Lab

Environment​

An environment is where workloads run.

Examples:

• production
• staging
• development
• preview

Applications and services are deployed into a specific environment.

Workload​

A workload is anything Moltern runs for your workspace.

Workloads include:

• Applications.
• Static sites.
• Catalog services.
• Databases.
• AI services.
• Dependency services created for another service.

Application​

An application is a workload built from a Git repository. It may be a web service, static site, or Dockerfile-based app.

Service​

A service is deployed from the Moltern catalog. Services can be user-facing apps, internal tools, databases, queues, AI tools, dashboards, or dependencies.

Service Template​

A service template is the catalog definition behind a service card. It defines the service name, description, category, variables, variants, and expected resource needs.

Variant​

A variant is an option inside a service template. Variants help you choose between different packaged setups.

Examples:

• Lightweight setup.
• Setup with a bundled database.
• Setup with a specific database engine.
• Recommended default setup.

Deployment​

A deployment is one attempt to build and release an application.

Deployment records can include:

• Status.
• Commit.
• Duration.
• Preview URL.
• Logs.
• Error message.
• Active release marker for static sites.

Release​

For static sites, a successful deployment can become an active release. You can promote a previous successful deployment when you need to restore a known-good static release.

Route​

A route is how users reach a workload. Moltern may provide a generated URL, and you can attach a custom domain when the workload is ready.

Variables​

Variables configure applications and services without committing values to source code.

Moltern supports:

• Runtime variables.
• Build-time variables for applications.
• Sensitive values that are not displayed after save.
• Bulk edit for application variables.

Shared Filespace​

Shared filespace is persistent file storage mounted into a web service application. Use it for files the app must keep after a redeploy.

Plan And Quota​

Plans define limits such as workload count, CPU, memory, storage, and whether sleeping behavior applies.

Quota checks can block deployments or resize actions when the requested resources exceed the current plan.

Status Terms​

Status	Meaning
pending	Moltern accepted the request and is preparing the workload.
deploying	Moltern is creating or updating the workload.
running	The workload is live.
sleeping	The workload is paused after inactivity and can wake later.
stopped	The workload is intentionally paused.
failed	The requested operation did not complete.
crashing	An application starts but does not stay healthy.
upgrading	A service update or resize is in progress.
awaiting confirmation	A service deletion flow is being confirmed or processed.

Safe Delete Gate​

Some service deletion flows show a preview before removal. The preview can include the main service, dependencies, and whether a backup-like snapshot is expected.

Review the preview before confirming deletion.