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# Environment management with the Contentful CLI

> These commands will help you manage environments in Contentful | Creating a new environment, cloning an existing and deleting

These commands will help you manage environments in Contentful.

## Requirements

* A (free) [Contentful account](https://www.contentful.com/sign-up/)
* Locally [installed](/tutorials/cli/installation) `contentful-cli`
* [Authenticated](/tutorials/cli/authentication) with `contentful-cli`

## List available commands and their description

```bash
contentful space environment --help
```

## Create a new environment

This is how you create a new environment within a Space. You have to supply an ID for the environment.

```bash
contentful space environment create --name release-1 --environment-id release-1
```

*The output should look similar to this:*

```bash
Successfully created environment release-1 (release-1)
```

## Clone an existing environment

You have to supply the ID of the source environment that will be copied to create the new environment. The default is "master".

```bash
contentful space environment create --name release-2 --environment-id release-2 --source release-1
```

*The output should look similar to this:*

```bash
Successfully created environment release-1 (release-1)
```

## Get a list of all available environments

Lists all available environments from a Space.

```bash
contentful space environment list
```

*The output should look similar to this:*

```bash
┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ Environment name │  Environment id  │ Environment status │
├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ master [active]  │ master           │ ready              │
├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ release-1        │ <environment-id> │ ready              │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────┴────────────────────┘
```

## Set an environment-id to use in all subsequent commands

Many commands have an `--environment-id` option since they can be scoped to a specific environment. Since it is unintuitive to pass the environment ID every time, you can use the `environment use` command to lock the CLI to a specific environment. It will be used until you use another environment or pass a different `--environment-id` to a subsequent command. If you specify a different `--space-id`, rather than using the already active space (see `space use`) then the current environment will be ignored and `'master'` will be used instead.

```bash
contentful space environment use --environment-id <environment-id>
```

*The output should look similar to this:*

```bash
Now using environment release-1 (<environment-id>) in Space cli-test (<space-id>) when the `--environment-id` option is missing.
```

## Delete an environment in your current space

You have to supply an ID for the environment.

```bash
contentful space environment delete --environment-id <environment-id>
```

*The output should look similar to this:*

```bash
Successfully deleted environment release-1 (<environment-id>)
```

## Next steps

* [Manage environment aliases with the Contentful CLI](/tutorials/cli/environment-alias-management/)
* [Manage extensions with the Contentful CLI](/tutorials/cli/extension-management)
* [Check out the documentation in the GitHub repository](https://github.com/contentful/contentful-cli/tree/master/docs/space/environment)

> These commands will help you manage environments in Contentful | Creating a new environment, cloning an existing and deleting