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# Creating a Deployment
A One-Click deployment provisions a complete SSI stack behind one hosted domain — an **Issuer** API (OpenID4VCI), a **Verifier** API (OpenID4VP), and a **wallet server** for cloud-held credentials.
1. Click **New Deployment** to open the **Create New Deployment** form.
2. Fill in the form fields:
* **Deployment Name:** A short name for your deployment (visible only to you).
* **Deployment Domain:** The subdomain for your deployment, served under `evdi.app` — for example, `empe` becomes `empe-issuer.evdi.app`.
* **Organization Name:** The name of the organization responsible for this deployment.
* **Version:** Select the version you want to deploy.
* **Blockchain Configuration:** Select the network for your deployment — for example, **TESTNET**. *Note: Your deployment issues and verifies credentials using self-hosted DIDs and DID documents that the service creates and hosts for you.*
The Create New Deployment form
3. Click **Create Deployment** to complete the process.
4. **Save your Keycloak access credentials.** The portal shows them **once** and does not display them again. They authenticate you to the deployment's identity provider (Keycloak):
* **Realm Name** — your deployment's Keycloak realm.
* **Username** and **Initial Password** — the realm admin account.
* **Realm Admin URL** — the Keycloak admin console for this realm.
* **Client ID** — the OIDC client your application uses.
You use these to obtain the OIDC **Bearer token** that your API requests carry (`Authorization: Bearer `) — see [Authenticating to Your Deployment](/develop/intro/authenticating-to-your-deployment.md). Store them like any admin secret; you can rotate them later from the Keycloak admin console (Realm Admin URL).
The Keycloak access credentials shown once after creation (values redacted here)
5. Wait until the deployment status changes to **Active**. Please note that it may take some time to activate. If an error occurs or the status does not change to "Active," please contact support for assistance.
6. Your deployment will appear in the **My Deployments** table once created.
The My Deployments table with a deployment in Active status
Once **Active**, the deployment exposes its API documentation and a self-hosted DID document — see the [Issuer Data Description](/develop/intro/issuer_data.md). From its detail tabs you can manage schemas and create credential offers.
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