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title: "Provide snapshot"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CMJ/197923184/Provide%20snapshot"
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## Overview

Each configuration deployment starts with providing a snapshot file. Configuration Manager offers three options for providing snapshots for deployment:

- **From Current Instance**
- **From Linked Jira Instance**
- **From Snapshot File**

### Deployment from current Jira instance

1. Log in as a user with the **Jira System Administrators **[global permission](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/manage-global-permissions/).
2. Choose the cog icon** **at the top right of the screen, then from the menu choose **Configuration Manager.**
3. From Configuration Manager's side menu on the left, choose **Deploy **to deploy configuration snapshots.
4. On the **Deploy Configuration Snapshot** page select **'From Current Instance'**. This presents you with a list of all snapshots created on the current Jira.
5. Click on the 'Deploy' button of a snapshot to start the deployment process.

### Deployment from a linked Jira instance

1. On the **Deploy Snapshot** page select **'From Linked Jira Instance'**. A drop-down will appear on the page from which you can choose any Jira instance linked with an [Application Link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA060/Adding+an+Application+Link) to the current one. This is particularly useful for promoting change to a production system from a linked staging system.
2. From the 'Linked Jira Instances' menu select an instance from which you want to deploy a snapshot. This presents you with a list of all snapshots created on the linked Jira instance.
3. Click on the 'Deploy' button of a snapshot to start the deployment process.

![image](media://69189f4d-23e7-482b-b969-7ce12c3af534)

### Deployment from a snapshot file

You can choose between two options to load a snapshot file to perform deployments:** Upload snapshot file** or **Path to snapshot file** on the **Deploy->From snapshot file** page.

The **Path to snapshot file** option allows you to point a location to a snapshot file on the current Jira's file system. The "current" Jira is the system on which you want to perform or are performing a configuration deployment.

> ℹ️ You can either upload a snapshot file or select a path to a snapshot on current Jira's file system. This way, you can copy large snapshots directly to a location on the target Jira's file system, so you don't need to upload them from the browser. These are two alternative approaches to load a snapshot file.

1. Navigate to the **Deploy **page in Configuration Manager's menu. The deployment mode **From Snapshot File** is selected by default.
2. Choose either the **From Snapshot File **or the** Path to snapshot file **option**.**
3. Depending on the chosen option, either browse to a snapshot file or enter a location on the current Jira and load it.
4. After the file is loaded, you will see the snapshot file listed on the page. Click on the *Deploy *button for this snapshot to start the deployment process.

![image](media://8325387e-21a1-4347-9c7a-4da894e90b69)

## Deployment process

For all single project snapshots, the deployment starts with [selecting a target project](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/197857553) on which the configuration will be applied. 

For all system snapshots, the process will start with [selecting a deployment mode](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198181573).

For multi-project snapshots, Configuration Manager will perform a merge.