# setting prodigy in cloud **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started\ **Tags:** install, aws\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/setting-prodigy-in-cloud/4283 "2021-06-01T01:47:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![ines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/ines/32/3_2.png) [@ines](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ines)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/setting-prodigy-in-cloud/4283/3 "2021-06-02T01:26:53Z")
Hi! Prodigy is a regular Python application that starts a web server, so you won't have to do anything special to install and host it – you can do it exactly like you would run any other Python app. Just make sure you open up the port that you serve Prodigy on, so you can access the web app. Also see these threads for details: > [@Prodigy on AWS](https://support.prodi.gy/t/prodigy-on-aws/4026/2): > > Hi! You shouldn't have to do anything special to deploy Prodigy on AWS – it's a regular and pretty lightweight Python library that starts a web server, so you can pip install it like any other Python package and run one of the Prodigy commands to start it. Just make sure you open up the port that you're serving Prodigy on, so you can access the annotation app from the outside. If you're using any spaCy models, make sure they're installed as well and that your machine has enough space. If you pr… > [@Cloud deploy dockerfile](https://support.prodi.gy/t/cloud-deploy-dockerfile/1102): > > A sample of a cloud deployable dockerfile for prodigy I’ve made, If anyone is interested. Based on alpine for a lean image including replacing index.html, setting up instructions and using env vars for populating the prodigy.json file with db credentials --- _[View the full topic](https://support.prodi.gy/t/setting-prodigy-in-cloud/4283)._