# Deployment

Gel can be hosted on all major cloud hosting platforms. The guides below demonstrate how to spin up both a managed PostgreSQL instance and a container running Gel [in Docker](https://github.com/geldata/gel-docker).

> Note: Minimum requirements
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> As a rule of thumb, the Gel Docker container requires 1GB RAM! Images with insufficient RAM may experience unexpected issues during startup.
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> When using an external PostgreSQL instance Gel must connect with the PostgreSQL superuser.