The Datatracker Sandbox Server (test environment) is located here: http://sandbox.ietf.org
Datatracker Version
The sandbox server should always be running the most recent version of the Datatracker Release. It is updated at the same time as production.
Database
The sandbox database and resource files are updated every night at 9pm.
Resource sync command:
rsync -avz --delete --exclude 'ietf-mail-archive' ietf.org::everything-ftp /a/www/ietf-ftp rsync -avz rsync.ietf.org::id-archive /a/www/www6s/archive/id
Mail
All outgoing mail that would have been sent from the sandbox datatracker get redirected to sandbox-mailoutput@ietf.org. Viewable here: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/search/?email_list=sandbox-mailoutput