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Platform | Can I create a Parent/Child Environment in Liongard?

Overview 💥

Liongard allows you to create Parent / Child Environment relationships to better represent real-world infrastructure, ownership, and organizational hierarchy. This is commonly used for:

  • MSP parent companies and managed clients.

  • Hub-and-spoke infrastructure models.

  • Shared services environments (e.g., centralized Microsoft 365 or Active Directory).


Why Use Parent / Child Environments? 🤔

Creating a Parent/Child structure helps:

  • Accurately model organizational relationships.

  • Improve reporting clarity.

  • Group related environments under a single parent.

  • Reduce dashboard clutter for large deployments.


How to Create a Parent / Child Environment 🔧

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Log in to Liongard

  2. Navigate to Admin → Environments

  3. Locate the environment you want to make a Child

  4. Click the pencil (✏️) icon under the Actions column (do not click the environment name)

  5. In the Edit Environment panel:

    • Locate the Parent Environment field

    • Select the desired Parent Environment from the dropdown

  6. Click Save


When to Contact Support 🫡

Contact Liongard Support if:

  • The Parent Environment option is missing

  • Changes do not save or reflect correctly

  • You need guidance on large-scale hierarchy design

Include the Environment name(s) and screenshots when possible.

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