Demo Mode - Pastures

Demo mode replaces all Pastures Engine API calls with synthetic data, letting you explore the full UI without deploying a backend or configuring API keys.

How it works

When demo mode is enabled, engineFetch returns pre-built responses from demoResponses.ts instead of making network calls. The synthetic data is designed to be realistic and representative of production output.

Enable demo mode

Navigate to Pastures → Settings and toggle Demo Mode to ON. The setting auto-saves immediately — no restart or reload required.

What demo mode provides

Feature	Synthetic data included
Advisories	Security and operational advisories with severity ratings
Cluster intelligence	Health scores, version tracking, drift detection
GPU nodes	Node inventory, GPU models, utilization metrics
Monitoring	Active alerts and correlated metrics
CIS benchmarks	Scan results with pass/fail/skip findings
etcd backup	Snapshot listings and backup schedules
Audit log	Event stream with user actions and timestamps
Harvester	VMs, nodes, networks, snapshots, images, backups
Workloads	Pod, deployment, and service listings
RBAC	Users, roles, and role bindings
Fleet	Git repos and cluster group status
AI diagnostics	Responses with mock source citations

When to use demo mode

Evaluation
Demos & presentations
Development
Screenshots & docs

Exploring Pastures before committing to a backend deployment. Demo mode shows every feature at full fidelity.

Demo mode affects only Pastures features. Standard Rancher functionality (cluster management, kubectl, etc.) continues to work with live data.