Extension of Kyma trial version

[pandeysuresh06]

gabbi marco.dorn Is there any chance we can extend the Kyma trial version period from 14 to 30 days atleast like the other services. Most of the time whatever POC I am doing , the cluster expired and then again I have to do the whole connection , setup the code and then proceed. It takes hell of time. yesterday I was testing the postgresql database and did all the connection and everything and now the cluster expired, again I will have to go through all the steps again.

Please look at it as a concern and see if it can be extended.

Would also request if SAP plans any session related to Kyma useability scenario in respect to cart for sap commerce.

[gregorw]

If you're using SAP BTP Trial you should be able to use Kyma also for the full 90 Day Period.

[pandeysuresh06]

Hey Gregor Wolf , the cluster expires in 14 days and then we need to disable and enable again. So we loose the old data ,connection everything.

[gregorw]

Are you using the trial for development in a real project? If yes please get a normal, paid Kyma instance to avoid it.

[varbanv]

Hi surepandey01 ,

at this time we cannot extend the cluster expiration due to rising costs for the trial program.

Few things to keep in mind:

• SAP employees and teams should be using their own global accounts for any projects, POCs, demos, etc. and not the trial accounts. This is true for free accounts as well.
• Users should treat Kyma environments as disposable - there should be no "golden copy" of anything in there.
• Users should follow best CI/CD and DevOps practices that mandate automation to be used end-to-end. If you have a script that configures and populates an empty cluster, you always get a known state in your environments. And it takes no effort to (re)create as many environments as you need, when you need them.
• Trial clusters are not setup across multiple availability zones so you run a much greater risk of loosing any data in there, including during final presentations.

Best regards,

Varban Vasilev