---
title: "Applications & environments"
canonical: "https://admiral.io/docs/get-started/applications-and-environments"
description: "Create the resources Admiral deploys into: a source to fetch code from, an application to own it, and the dev and prod environments you promote between."
---

# Applications & environments

{/*
  OUTLINE / DRAFT. Step 2. Sets up the ownership hierarchy the deploy steps act on.
  Concepts referenced: Source, Application, Environment, (optionally Catalog Item).
  */}

Now you create the resources Admiral deploys *into*: a place to fetch code from, an application to own it, and the two environments you'll deploy and promote between.

## 1. Create a source [#1-create-a-source]

A [Source](https://admiral.io/docs/concepts/sources-and-catalog.md) is where bytes live. For the walkthrough we point at a public chart repository, so no credentials are needed.

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  ### CLI

```bash
    # TODO: confirm flags. Public source used so no Credential is required.
    admiral source create \
--name podinfo \
--type helm \
--url https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo
    ```
  
### Web

1. Open **Sources**, choose **New source**.
    2. Type **helm**, URL of the public chart repo.
    3. Save.
  

{/* TODO: decide whether the walkthrough also demonstrates adding the source to the
   global catalog as a Catalog Item (optional prefill) or authors the component inline
   in step 3. Inline keeps step count down; catalog shows off reuse. Lean inline for now. */}

## 2. Create an application [#2-create-an-application]

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  ### CLI

```bash
    admiral app create --name demo
    ```
  
### Web

Open **Applications**, choose **New application**, name it `demo`.
  

## 3. Create dev and prod environments [#3-create-dev-and-prod-environments]

The same definition added to two environments becomes two independent [Components](https://admiral.io/docs/concepts/applications-and-components.md), each with its own values.

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  ### CLI

```bash
    admiral env create --app demo --name dev
    admiral env create --app demo --name prod
    ```
  
### Web

Inside the `demo` application, add two environments: `dev` and `prod`.
  

{/* TODO: if environment-level variables (e.g. replica count, region) are part of the
   story, set a couple here so step 3/5 can show .var rendering differently per env. */}

## Next [#next]

- [3. Your first deploy](https://admiral.io/docs/get-started/first-deploy.md): Deploy a workload through a changeset and watch it go live