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---
stage: Deploy
group: Environments
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
---
# Prepare Auto DevOps for deployment
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If you enable Auto DevOps without setting the base domain and deployment
strategy, GitLab can't deploy your application directly. Therefore, we
recommend that you prepare them before enabling Auto DevOps.
## Deployment strategy
When using Auto DevOps to deploy your applications, choose the
[continuous deployment strategy](../../ci/index.md)
that works best for your needs:
| Deployment strategy | Setup | Methodology |
|--|--|--|
| **Continuous deployment to production** | Enables [Auto Deploy](stages.md#auto-deploy) with the default branch continuously deployed to production. | Continuous deployment to production.|
| **Continuous deployment to production using timed incremental rollout** | Sets the [`INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_MODE`](cicd_variables.md#timed-incremental-rollout-to-production) variable to `timed`. | Continuously deploy to production with a 5 minutes delay between rollouts. |
| **Automatic deployment to staging, manual deployment to production** | Sets [`STAGING_ENABLED`](cicd_variables.md#deploy-policy-for-staging-and-production-environments) to `1` and [`INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_MODE`](cicd_variables.md#incremental-rollout-to-production) to `manual`. | The default branch is continuously deployed to staging and continuously delivered to production. |
You can choose the deployment method when enabling Auto DevOps or later:
1. In GitLab, go to your project's **Settings > CI/CD > Auto DevOps**.
1. Choose the deployment strategy.
1. Select **Save changes**.
NOTE:
Use the [blue-green deployment](../../ci/environments/incremental_rollouts.md#blue-green-deployment) technique
to minimize downtime and risk.
## Auto DevOps base domain
The Auto DevOps base domain is required to use
[Auto Review Apps](stages.md#auto-review-apps) and [Auto Deploy](stages.md#auto-deploy).
To define the base domain, either:
- In the project, group, or instance: go to your cluster settings and add it there.
- In the project or group: add it as an environment variable: `KUBE_INGRESS_BASE_DOMAIN`.
- In the instance: go to the **Admin** area, then **Settings > CI/CD > Continuous Integration and Delivery** and add it there.
The base domain variable `KUBE_INGRESS_BASE_DOMAIN` follows the same order of precedence
as other environment [variables](../../ci/variables/index.md#cicd-variable-precedence).
If you don't specify the base domain in your projects and groups, Auto DevOps uses the instance-wide **Auto DevOps domain**.
Auto DevOps requires a wildcard DNS `A` record matching the base domains. For
a base domain of `example.com`, you'd need a DNS entry like:
```plaintext
*.example.com 3600 A 10.0.2.2
```
In this case, the deployed applications are served from `example.com`, and `10.0.2.2`
is the IP address of your load balancer, generally NGINX ([see requirements](requirements.md)).
Setting up the DNS record is beyond the scope of this document; check with your
DNS provider for information.
Alternatively, you can use free public services like [nip.io](https://nip.io)
which provide automatic wildcard DNS without any configuration. For [nip.io](https://nip.io),
set the Auto DevOps base domain to `10.0.2.2.nip.io`.
After completing setup, all requests hit the load balancer, which routes requests
to the Kubernetes pods running your application.
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