Environment Setup

ProAI supports multiple isolated environments for your project lifecycle.

Default Environments

Environment	Purpose	Access
development	Local development and testing	Full access
staging	Pre-production validation	Team access
production	Live workloads	Restricted access

Configuring Environments

# proai.yml
environments:
  development:
    runtime: local
    debug: true
    log_level: debug

  staging:
    runtime: kubernetes
    cluster: staging-cluster
    replicas: 2
    log_level: info

  production:
    runtime: kubernetes
    cluster: prod-cluster
    replicas: 5
    log_level: warn
    alerting:
      enabled: true
      channels: [slack, pagerduty]
`

## Switching Environments

`ash
proai env use staging
proai env list
`

## Deploying to an Environment

`ash
proai deploy --env staging
proai deploy --env production --approve
`

:::warning
Production deployments require explicit approval. Use --approve flag only after thorough testing.
:::

## See Also

- [Configuration](/docs/getting-started/configuration) — Full configuration reference
- [Projects & Repos](/docs/projects/overview) — Version control integration