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title: CDM documentation
description: Deploy the CDM on GKE, Amazon EKS, or AKS to quickly spin up the platform for demonstration purposes. You'll get a feel for what it's like to deploy the platform on a Kubernetes cluster in the cloud. When you're done, you won't have a production-quality deployment, but you will have a robust reference implementation of the Ping Identity Platform.
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version: 7.4
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  cdm_checklist: CDM checklist
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# CDM documentation

Deploy the CDM on GKE, Amazon EKS, or AKS to quickly spin up the platform for demonstration purposes. You'll get a feel for what it's like to deploy the platform on a Kubernetes cluster in the cloud. When you're done, you won't have a production-quality deployment, but you will have a robust reference implementation of the Ping Identity Platform.

## CDM checklist

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Become familiar with the CDM](intro.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Understand CDM architecture](architecture.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up your local environment and create a cluster](setup-cdm.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Deploy the platform](deploy.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Access platform UIs and APIs](access.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Plan for production deployment](next-steps.html)