# Possible to deploy without convox?

**URL:** <https://community.convox.com/t/possible-to-deploy-without-convox/801>\
**Category:** Rack (Version 3)\
**Created:** [February 10, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/possible-to-deploy-without-convox/801 "2021-02-10T13:09:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/matt/32/55_2.png) [@matt](https://community.convox.com/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/possible-to-deploy-without-convox/801/1 "2021-02-10T13:09:02Z")

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Hi,

Looking to use convox v3 with a client, however, if they do not want to use convox would it be possible to do a manual deploy, or deploy via the cli without convox pro?

Thanks,  
Matt

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**Author:** ![nathan.f77](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/nathan.f77/32/256_2.png) [@nathan.f77](https://community.convox.com/u/nathan.f77)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/possible-to-deploy-without-convox/801/2 "2021-09-17T23:34:20Z")

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Hi @matt, yes this is possible. You can deploy using the convox CLI (`convox deploy`), and you can also install a rack without using the Convox UI. But the free plan allows you to use the Convox UI to set up and monitor your rack, and you can use the CLI to deploy.

Additionally, you can also build your own Docker images elsewhere (e.g. as part of a CI build), and then configure `convox.yml` to use a prebuilt image instead of running a docker build as part of the deployment.