Managing Workspaces

Overview

A Workspace provides a bounded context for managing, operating, and securing Steampipe resources. A workspace comprises a single Steampipe database instance as well as a directory of mod resources such as queries, benchmarks, and controls. Workspaces allow you to separate your Steampipe instances for security, operational, or organizational purposes.

The Steampipe Workspace DB instance is hosted in Turbot Pipes, and available via a public Postgres endpoint. You can query the workspace from the Turbot Pipes web console, run queries or controls from a remote Steampipe CLI instance, or connect to your workspace from many third-party tools.

Creating Workspaces

You can create workspaces from the Workspaces tab for your user account or organization. From the Workspaces tab, click New Workspace. Note that if the New Workspace button is disabled, you have likely reached a limit for your plan.

Each workspace must have a handle. The workspace handle is a friendly identifier for your workspace, and must be unique across your workspaces. You can change the handle later, but note that the DNS name for your workspace includes the handle. If you change the handle, your workspace's DNS name will also change. Enter a handle for your workspace and click Create Workspace.

If you have no connections defined, you will be prompted to create one. In order to query data, you'll need at least one connection. Click one of the plugins from the list. Enter the required settings for the plugin. You can verify your credentials using the Test Connection button, and then click Create.

You will be prompted to add a connection to the workspace that you just created. Click Add to Workspace if you would like to add a connection to your workspace at this time.

Managing Workspace Connections

You can add and remove connections from the Settings tab for your workspace. Navigate to your workspace, go to the Settings tab, then click Connections from the menu on the left to see a list the connections that are currently attached to the workspace. Click the Add Connection button to add a connection to your workspace. To remove the connection from a workspace, click the options menu (sometimes called the 'hamburger' or 'three dots' button) to the right of the connection, select Remove from the menu.

Alternatively, you can attach connections to your workspace from the Connections tab for your user account or organization. Navigate to your user account or organization, and click Connections. You will see a list of connections. Click on a connection in the list to view it. The Workspaces tab will list the workspaces that are currently using the connection. You can attach the connection to another workspace with the Add to Workspace button. To remove the connection from a workspace, click the options menu (sometimes called the 'hamburger' or 'three dots' button) to the right of the workspace, select Remove from the menu.

Managing Users

Workspaces in an organization can be shared with other members of your organization. Your personal workspace cannot be shared.

You can add and remove workspace users from the People tab on your workspace page. To add a user to your workspace, click Add Member. Enter an email address or the user handle of an existing user and select a role for the user:

Click Add. The user will receive an email invitation to join the organization.

To remove a user from the organization, select the options menu button (hamburger) to the right of the user and click Remove.

Deleting Workspaces

You can delete a workspace from its Settings tab. From the Workspaces tab for your user account or organization, click on the workspace you wish to delete. On the workspace page, go to the Settings tab, select Advanced from the menu on the left, and click Delete workspace. You will be prompted to confirm deletion; enter the workspace name and click Delete.

Workspace Maintenance

Your workspace may be updated and rebooted during the weekly maintenance window, Sundays 2:00am - 5:00am EST/EDT. This window is not currently configurable.

During maintenance, your workspaces will be updated to the latest Steampipe version and the latest plugin versions. At this time, you cannot opt out of the weekly update.