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title: "Deploy and operate"
description: "Running Chickpea on Cloudflare or on your own Node host, configuring it, upgrading it, and backing it up."
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> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chickpea.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deploy and operate

For the person who owns the deployment. Cloudflare is the primary target and the one with schedules and the coding sandbox. Node is a single-host alternative with SQLite state.

- **Cloudflare** — Redeploy with the guarded wrapper, choose a profile, and set secrets after deploy. [Read it](/operate/cloudflare).
- **Node** — Build, supervise, and back up Chickpea as a single Node service on your own host. [Read it](/operate/node).
- **Upgrades and compatibility** — Move a running deployment to a newer release without losing state or keys. [Read it](/operate/upgrades).
- **Configure your deployment** — Where each setting lives, which source wins, and the switches an operator should know. [Read it](/operate/configuration).

Source: https://docs.chickpea.co/operate/index.mdx