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title: Set Up Deployment Gates
description: >-
  Compare inline and preconfigured Deployment Gates and follow the setup
  walkthrough for your chosen configuration source.
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# Set Up Deployment Gates

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Choose where your Deployment Gates are defined, then follow the setup instructions. For a comparison of the two configuration sources, see [Configuration sources](https://docs.datadoghq.com/deployment_gates.md#configuration-sources).

Set up Deployment Gates:

- [Inline: Define gates and rules in your deployment configuration, with no setup in Datadog.](https://docs.datadoghq.com/deployment_gates/setup/inline.md)
- [Preconfigured: Create gates and rules in Datadog with the UI, API, or Terraform.](https://docs.datadoghq.com/deployment_gates/setup/preconfigured.md)
 
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Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

- [Deployment Gates API reference](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/deployment-gates.md)