# Deploying applications built on Gel Cloud to Render

1. Push project to GitHub or some other Git remote repository
2. Create and make note of a secret key for your Gel Cloud instance
3. From Render's dashboard, click "New > Web Service"
4. Import your project's repository
5. In the setup page, scroll down to the "Environment Variables" section and add the following environment variables:
   
   - `GEL_INSTANCE` containing your Gel Cloud instance name (in `<org>/<instance-name>` format)
   - `GEL_SECRET_KEY` containing the secret key you created and noted previously.

6. Click Deploy

![A screenshot of the Render deployment configuration view
highlighting the environment variables section where a user
will need to set the necessary variables for Gel Cloud instance
connection.](https://docs.geldata.com/_images/_docs/1ed170f841aba4e7e90260a6db2f43e65530636b.webp)

