# AWS deploy
### 60 seconds deploy in AWS 🚀
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### Deployment Options
Before proceeding with the deployment steps, consider the following options to choose the most suitable deployment method for your environment:
1. **Standard AWS Deployment**: If you have a single VPC and are not using Kubernetes, continue with the steps below.
2. **Kubernetes Users**: If you're using Kubernetes, consider deploying using Helm. Learn more about [Helm deployment](/getting-started/quick-start-with-akto-self-hosted/helm-deploy.md).
3. **Multiple VPCs**:
* For multi-VPC deployment, refer to our [AWS multi-VPC deploy guide](/getting-started/quick-start-with-akto-self-hosted/aws-deploy/aws-multi-vpc-deploy.md).
* For cross-region, cross-VPC deployment, check out our [AWS Cross-Region Cross-VPC deploy guide](/getting-started/quick-start-with-akto-self-hosted/aws-deploy/aws-cross-region-vpc-deploy.md).
4. **Custom Subdomain**: For custom subdomain setup on AWS, see our [Custom subdomain on Akto on AWS guide](/getting-started/quick-start-with-akto-self-hosted/aws-deploy/aws-ssl.md).
Choose the option that best fits your infrastructure needs. If you're proceeding with the standard AWS deployment, continue with the steps below.
### Prerequisites
* An active AWS account
* Necessary permissions to create and manage CloudFormation stacks
### Step 1: Fetch the AWS CFT
1. Sign up on [Akto](https://app.akto.io) and download the [AWS CFT](https://github.com/akto-api-security/infra/blob/feature/quick-setup/templates/akto-quick-setup.yaml).
### Step 2: Create stack in AWS
1. Sign into your `AWS account` if you are not logged-in. Go to `Cloudformation` and upload the template we just downloaded, then click next.
2\. This will take you to a pre-filled `quick create stack` like below.
3\. Add your parameters here - `keypair`, `1 private subnetId` and `2 public subnetIds`. Atleast 1 public subnet should be in the same availability zone as private subnet.
4\. Your user email parameter should be the same as the one you used to signup with Akto.
5\. Select `I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources.`
6\. Click on `create stack`.
### Step 3: Launch Akto dashboard
1. `Wait` for a couple of minutes before you stack creation is complete.
2. Once your stack is created, `navigate to outputs` sections and `copy Akto dashboard url` into your browser.
3\. `Signup` and start using Akto.
### Post-Deployment
After successful deployment, free plan users will be able to see up to 25 APIs. To access more APIs and additional features, consider upgrading to a paid plan. [View our pricing options](https://www.akto.io/pricing).
Need help? [Contact](mailto:support@akto.io) our support team for assistance.
### Optional -
1. [Add custom subdomain and SSL certificate to your akto deployment on AWS](/getting-started/quick-start-with-akto-self-hosted/aws-deploy/aws-ssl.md)
2. [Take periodic snapshot of Akto data](https://github.com/akto-api-security/Documentation/blob/main/getting-started/aws-snapshot-policy.md)
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