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title: Prepare to deploy in production
description: After you get your ForgeOps deployment up and running, you can add deployment customizations—options that are not part of an out-of-the-box ForgeOps deployment, but which you may need when you deploy in production.
component: forgeops
version: 2026.1
page_id: forgeops:prepare:overview
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/forgeops/2026.1/prepare/overview.html
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# Prepare to deploy in production

After you get your ForgeOps deployment up and running, you can add deployment customizations—options that are not part of an out-of-the-box ForgeOps deployment, but which you may need when you deploy in production.

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#### [Production Deployment Overview](../start/start-here.html#build-own-service)

Customize, deploy, and maintain a production ForgeOps deployment.

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#### [Identity Gateway](ig/overview.html)

Add PingGateway to your deployment.

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#### [Monitoring](monitoring/overview.html)

Customize Prometheus monitoring and alerts.

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#### [Security](security/overview.html)

Customize the security features built into ForgeOps deployments.

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#### [Backup](../backup/overview.html)

Back up and restore data, such as identities and tokens.