Application Deployment Overview

A practical walkthrough for deploying secure applications on your dstack infrastructure

Before You Begin

✅ Checklist	Description
dstack installed	Finished Installation guide
Environment configured	Finished Environment Setup guide
Services healthy	KMS, Gateway & VMM report status: healthy
TDX enabled	Host CPU supports Intel TDX and BIOS/Kernel options are enabled
Management UI up	http://localhost:9080 reachable

Deploying Applications on dstack

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🧭 Quick Path to Success with our Mini Guides

Step	What You’ll Do	Link
1	Pull & inspect the example container image	Pull & inspect the example container image
2	Write the dstack deployment manifest	Write the dstack deployment manifest
3	Sign & push the image to your private registry	Sign & push the image to your private registry
4	Access the dstack dashboard & monitor deployments	Access the dstack dashboard & monitor deployments
5	Verify attestation & remote‑prove trust	Verify attestation & remote‑prove trust
6	Expose an API endpoint via the Gateway	Expose an API endpoint via the Gateway
7	Update, roll back, and tear down safely	Update, roll back, and tear down safely

Skim the table, pick up at Step 1, and continue straight through Step 7.

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🎉 Milestone: by the end of Step 7 you will have a fully attested, externally reachable application running under hardware‑enforced confidentiality.

note: estimated time depends on your setup and experience; no specific time allotted.

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Next Steps & Further Reading

Start here: Step 1 — Pull the Example Application

After each mini-guide, follow the Next Step banner to proceed in order. Skipping steps may leave your deployment unverified or insecure.

Further reading:

• System Architecture – How all components fit together
• Security Model – Threat model & enclave guarantees
• Read to Go Deployment Guides –

Ready? Jump to Step 1 and ship something real.