---
title: "Create Deployment Request"
description: "Deploy an AI model onto a set of GPUs."
url: https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/_schemas/create-deployment-request/
section: reference
last_updated: 2026-10-14
---
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# Create Deployment Request

Deploy an AI model onto a set of GPUs

## Properties

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `gpu-count` | integer | **yes** | Number of GPUs (1-8)<br/><br/>Min: `1`. |
| `gpu-type` | string | **yes** | GPU type family (e.g., gpua5000, gpu3080ti) |
| `model` | [Model reference. Provide either id or name.](https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/_schemas/model-ref/index.md) | **yes** |  |
| `name` | string | **yes** | Deployment name<br/><br/>Min length: `1`. |
| `replicas` | integer | **yes** | Number of replicas (>=1)<br/><br/>Min: `1`. |
| `inference-engine-parameters` | array[string] | no | Optional extra inference engine server CLI args |
| `inference-engine-version` | string | no | Allowed values: `0.12.0`, `0.15.1`, `0.16.0`, `0.17.0`, `0.18.0`, `0.18.1`, `0.19.0`, `0.19.1`, `0.20.0`, `0.20.1`, `0.20.2`, `0.21.0`, `0.22.0`, `0.22.1`, `0.23.0`, `0.24.0`, `0.25.0`, `0.25.1`, `0.26.0`, `0.27.0`, `0.27.1`, `0.28.0`, `0.29.0`, `0.30.0`, `0.31.0`.<br/><br/>Default: `0.31.0`. |
| `product-name` | string | no | Billing identifier for this deployment. Used by the Router for usage counters and Kafka events.<br/><br/>Min length: `1`. |