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Deployment Types

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Ephemeral Deployments

For development and testing, use ephemeral deployments with fal run. 
fal run MyApp::path/to/myapp.py
Once you kill the fal run process in your terminal, the ephemeral deployment will be destroyed.

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Persistent Deployments

To permanently deploy your application or update/redeploy existing one, you can use the fal deploy command. 
fal deploy --auth private

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Machine Types

You can specify the machine type of your app using the machine_type parameter in your fal.App class. For GPU machines, you can also specify the number of GPUs you want to use with the num_gpus option. 
class MyApp(fal.App):
    machine_type = "GPU-A100"
    num_gpus = 1
    ...
Or you may specify the machine type in the fal deploy command. 
fal deploy --machine-type GPU-A100 --num-gpus 1

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Machine Type Options

ValueDescription
XS0.50 CPU cores, 512MB RAM
S1 CPU core, 1GB RAM (default)
M2 CPU cores, 2GB RAM
L4 CPU cores, 15GB RAM
GPU-A600010 CPU cores, 18GB RAM, 1 GPU core (48GB VRAM)
GPU-A10012 CPU cores, 60GB RAM, 1 GPU core (40GB VRAM)
GPU-H10012 CPU cores, 112GB RAM, 1 GPU core (80GB VRAM)
GPU-H20012 CPU cores, 112GB RAM, 1 GPU core (141GB VRAM)
GPU-B20024 CPU cores, 112GB RAM, 1 GPU core (192GB VRAM)

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Multiple Machine Types

Allow your app to use multiple machine types for a larger pool of available machines: 
class MyApp(fal.App):
    machine_type = ["GPU-A100-40GB", "GPU-A100-80GB"]

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Rollout Strategies

Your app could be deployed using one of two strategies:
  • recreate: default, instantly switch the app to the new revision.
  • rolling: doesn’t switch the app to the new one until there is at least 1 runner in the new revision.
You can specify the strategy using the --strategy flag, e.g. 
fal deploy --strategy rolling

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Authentication Modes

Your app could be deployed in one of three authentication modes:
  • private: default, your app is visible only to you and/or your team.
  • shared: everyone can see and use your app, the caller pays for usage. This is how all of the apps in our Model Gallery work.
  • public: everyone can see and use your app, the app owner (you) is paying for it.
Use fal deploy’s --auth flag or fal.App’s app_auth to specify your app’s authentication mode, e.g. 
class MyApp(fal.App):
    auth_mode = "shared"

fal deploy --auth shared
To change the mode just redeploy the app.

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Best Practices

  • Choose rolling strategy for production deployments to ensure zero downtime
  • Use appropriate authentication modes based on your use case and cost considerations
  • Test thoroughly with ephemeral deployments before permanent deployment
  • Monitor your deployments using the fal dashboard and performance monitoring tools

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Managing Deployed Models

For managing your deployed models (listing, deleting, monitoring), see Manage Deployments and Monitor Performance.