Once you have created a sandbox you can update it with the CLI. Use the updatecommand to make the sandbox clonable, change the sandbox name, or modify the request hostnames for the sandbox.

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A request hostname is the hostname that the sandbox responds to when you enter it in your browser. For example, if you have a property configuration for www.example.com, you can create a sandbox based on that property but change the request hostname in your development environment to localhost or a series of other hostnames you want to use for testing.

Steps

Folllow these steps to make changes to your sandbox.

Use this command: update [options]

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The update command will execute against the currently active sandbox. Run the sandbox show command to see details for the current sandbox. If you want to update a different sandbox, include [sandbox-identifier] in the command line.

Include the syntax for the modification you want to apply. Refer to the table for options.

Syntax	Description
-r, --rules	Rule tree associated with the property.
-c, --clonable	Indicates whether sandbox can be replicated by other developers.
-C, --cpcode	CP code for sandbox. Unique identifier used for billing and reporting.
-n, --name	Name of sandbox.
-H, --requesthostnames	Comma-delimited list of request hostnames within the sandbox.
--recipe	Path to JSON file that includes customizable sandbox templates.
-h, --help	Display usage information.

Syntax and examples

These code snippets are examples of options for updating a sandbox:

Update the rule tree within a sandbox. You can Use Property Manager to edit rules and quickly create JSON syntax for the logic you want to test. For this example, the rule tree is in a file called example.json.
```
akamai sandbox update --rules ~/<path-to-rules>/example.json
```
Update the request hostnames within a sandbox to a hostname you want to use in your development environment.
```
akamai sandbox update --requesthostnames localhost,dev.example.com
```
Update the sandbox to make it clonable.
```
akamai sandbox update --clonable true
```

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Review the Sandbox CLI READ ME for a complete list of commands and usage.