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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +sidebar_position: 600 |
| 3 | +title: Frequently Asked Questions |
| 4 | +description: Frequently asked questions about Defang. |
| 5 | +--- |
| 6 | +import {Button, ButtonGroup, FormGroup, FormLabel} from "@mui/material" |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +# Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## Deployment and Infrastructure |
| 11 | +### Which cloud/region is the app being deployed to? |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +- In the [Defang Playground](../concepts/defang-playground.md), the app is deployed to AWS `us-west-2`. In the [Defang BYOC](../concepts/defang-byoc.md) model, the region is determined by your [Defang BYOC Provider](/docs/category/providers) settings. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +### Can I bring my own AWS or other cloud account? |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +- Yes! Defang makes it easy to deploy your application to your own cloud account. Please check out the [Defang BYOC](../concepts/defang-byoc.md) documentation for more information. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### On AWS, can I deploy to services such as EC2, EKS, or Lambda? |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +- The current release includes support for containers only, deployed to ECS. We are still exploring how to support additional execution models such as VMs and functions-as-a-service. However, using our Pulumi provider, it is possible to combine Defang services with other native AWS resources. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +### Can I access AWS storage services such as S3 or database services such as RDS? How? |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- Yes! You can access AWS services in the AWS Dashboard as you normally would when you are [deploying to your AWS account](../providers/aws) using Defang. In fact, you can access whatever other resources exist in the cloud account you are using for [Defang BYOC](../concepts/defang-byoc.md). |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +### Do you plan to support other clouds? |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +- While we currently support [AWS](../concepts/defang-byoc#aws) for production and [DigitalOcean](../concepts/defang-byoc#digitalocean) in preview, we plan to support other clouds in future releases, such as [GCP](../providers/gcp.md) and [Azure](../providers/azure.md). |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +## Deployment Process |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +### Can I run production apps with Defang? |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +- Yes! Defang makes it easy to deploy your app on production-ready infrastructure in your own cloud account. For example, you can deploy your app to AWS with `defang up --provider=aws --mode=production`. Check out your preferred cloud provider on [Defang BYOC](../concepts/defang-byoc.md). |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +### Does Defang support blue/green deployments? |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +- Defang does not currently support Blue/Green deploys, but it does support rolling updates with the `production` deployment mode. `defang up --mode=production`. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +### Does Defang support rolling deployments? |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +- Yes! Defang supports rolling updates with the `production` deployment mode. `defang up --mode=production`. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +### Can I cancel a deployment once it has started? |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +- No. Once a deployment has started, it cannot be canceled. However, you can always deploy a new version of your app which will replace the current deployment. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +### Will deploying a new version of my app cause downtime? |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +- If you have deployed your application with the `--mode=production` flag, Defang will use the _production_ deployment mode. This mode will provision your app with multiple replicas and will perform a rolling update to ensure zero downtime. If you use another deployment mode, you may experience downtime during the deployment, as Defang will not provision multiple replicas to save cost. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +### Can I deploy multiple services at once? |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +- Yes! You can deploy multiple services at once by defining them in a single compose.yaml file. When you run `defang compose up`, Defang will deploy all the services defined in the file at once. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### Can I deploy a service that depends on another service? |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +- Defang does not currently support service dependencies. All services will be deployed simultaneously. Defang will however run multiple healthchecks before marking a service as healthy and spinning down any previously deployed services when using the `production` deployment mode. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +## Troubleshooting |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +### I'm having trouble running the binary on my Mac. What should I do? |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +- MacOS users will need to allow the binary to run due to security settings: |
| 66 | + 1. Attempt to run the binary. You'll see a security prompt preventing you from running it. |
| 67 | + 2. Go to System Preferences > Privacy & Security > General. |
| 68 | + 3. In the 'Allow applications downloaded from:' section, you should see a message about Defang being blocked. Click 'Open Anyway'. |
| 69 | + 4. Alternatively, select the option "App Store and identified developers" to allow all applications from the App Store and identified developers to run. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +### I'm getting a warning/error. What does it mean? |
| 72 | +- See the Common Warnings and Errors page. |
| 73 | + |
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