> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.condense.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deploy Environments

Deploy Environments allow organizations to provision and manage isolated Condense environments for developing, testing, and running real-time streaming applications. Each environment includes the core platform services required to build, deploy, and monitor data pipelines.

## Overview

A deployment environment provides:

* Dedicated Condense Core services
* Managed Apache Kafka cluster
* Stream processing engine
* Connector runtime
* Monitoring and observability
* Secure access controls

Organizations can deploy multiple environments based on their operational requirements.

## Prerequisites

Before deploying an environment, ensure that:

* You have Organization Admin permissions.
* Your cloud account (BYOC or Zeliot Managed Cloud) is configured.
* Required networking and IAM permissions are available.
* Deployment quotas and resources are sufficient.

## Deploying an Environment

1. Navigate to **Condense Console**.
2. Open **Deploy Environments**.
3. Click **Create Environment**.
4. Enter the required environment details.
5. Configure the deployment settings.
6. Review the configuration.
7. Click **Deploy**.

The deployment process provisions all required platform services automatically.

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## Replica Configuration (New in v2.4.0)

Starting with **Condense v2.4.0**, applications can be deployed with a fixed number of replicas even when autoscaling is disabled.

### Configuring Manual Replicas

1. Open the deployment configuration.
2. Disable **Autoscaling**.
3. Specify the required **Replica Count**.
4. Save the configuration.
5. Deploy the environment.

The configured number of replicas will remain active until modified or autoscaling is enabled.

| Configuration                        | Behavior                                             |
| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Autoscaling Enabled                  | Replicas are managed automatically.                  |
| Autoscaling Disabled + Replica Count | Condense maintains the specified number of replicas. |

> **Note**
>
> Manual replica configuration is useful for workloads that require predictable capacity or fixed infrastructure allocation.

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## Monitoring Deployment

After deployment, monitor the environment status from the Condense Console to verify that all platform services are running successfully.

## Next Steps

After the environment is deployed, you can:

* Create a Workspace
* Deploy Connectors
* Create Transforms
* Build Pipelines
* Monitor Resources