# Deployment

The DeploymentEnvironment is the topmost element in the deployment configuration hierarchy. It is normally used to reflect a title (game) that you host on our platform, split up into e.g. development, testing and production environments.

![DeploymentConfigurationOverviewDepEnv](/files/ABKioVp3WDqaUCKm1FJr)

Figure 1: DeploymentEnvironment's place in the Deployment Configuration

## Usage

Our recommendation is to create an environment per title. Additionally, separating your live environment from any development environments is advised so changes and experiments done for development purposes in a development environment won't affect your live environment.

Within a DeploymentEnvironment you can create multiple [Fleet](/game-hosting/elements/deploymentenvironment/fleet.md)s, in case you want to separate e.g. different platforms like PC, PS4, Xbox, Switch, etc.

## Element structure

| Property  | Value type | Required  | Description                                       |
| --------- | ---------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| id        | string     | Read-only | Unique identifier of this element                 |
| name      | string     | Yes       | Name of the deployment environment                |
| createdAt | int        | Read-only | A unix timestamp of when this element was created |

Table 1: DeploymentEnvironment element structure

## API example

Create a new DeploymentEnvironment within your i3D.net account.

[Full API reference](/api/api_one.md)

#### HTTP request

[`POST /v3/deploymentEnvironment`](/api/api_one.md#v3-deploymentenvironment)

#### Request body

```
{
  "name": "Bluewolf"
}
```

#### Response body

```
[
  {
    "id": "173892217340309897",
    "name": "Bluewolf",
    "createdAt": 1568312996
  }
]
```

## Related topics

* [Orchestrator Overview](/game-hosting/game-integration/orchestratoroverview.md)
* [Game Deployment Quick Start Guide](/game-hosting/overview/quick-start.md)
* [i3d.net API documentation](https://www.i3d.net/docs/api/v3/all/)


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