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This documentation is to deploy activepieces on VM Instance or VM Instance Group, we should first create VM template
## Create VM Template
First choose machine type (e.g e2-medium)
After configuring the VM Template, you can proceed to click on "Deploy Container" and specify the following container-specific settings:
- Image: activepieces/activepieces
- Run as a privileged container: true
- Environment Variables:
- `AP_REDIS_TYPE`: MEMORY
- `AP_DB_TYPE`: SQLITE3
- `AP_FRONTEND_URL`: http://localhost:80
- `AP_EXECUTION_MODE`: SANDBOXED
- Firewall: Allow HTTP traffic (for testing purposes only)
Once these details are entered, click on the "Deploy" button and patiently wait for the container deployment process to complete.\
After a successful deployment, you can access the ActivePieces application by visiting the external IP address of the VM on GCP.
## Production Deployment
Please visit [ActivePieces](/install/configuration/environment-variables) for more details on how to customize the application.