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Multi-Environments

Strategies for managing dev, UAT, and production environments in LlamaCloud, comparing a single shared project against separate projects per environment.

Keep all three environments (dev, UAT, production) in the same project.

Benefits:

  • Easy management - Everything in one place
  • Quick setup - Use “Duplicate” button to copy between environments
  • Streamlined workflow - Promote changes from dev → UAT → prod seamlessly

How to set up:

  1. Create one project for your application
  2. Name your indexes with environment prefixes: dev-products, uat-products, prod-products
  3. Use the duplicate feature to copy indexes configuration (“Duplicate” button can be found in the index page).

Create individual projects for each environment (3 projects total).

Consider this only if:

  • You have specific organizational requirements for complete separation

Important considerations:

  • Manual synchronization - No easy way to copy configurations between projects

Start with the single project approach. It’s simpler, more cost-effective, and easier to manage. You can always separate later if your needs change.

Contact us if you have questions about setting up your environments.

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