Cloud Deployment Manager will reach end of support on December 31, 2025. If you currently use Deployment Manager, please migrate to Infrastructure Manager or an alternative deployment technology by December 31, 2025 to ensure your services continue without interruption.
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This is useful if you need certain parts of your\ndeployment to exist before other parts can come online.](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/create-explicit-dependencies) \n\nCreating Deployments\n--------------------\n\n- [### Creating a deployment\n Learn how to deploy a configuration.](/deployment-manager/docs/deployments)\n- [### Create deployments with Cloud Marketplace\n Use the Click-to-Deploy tool to launch predefined solutions on Google Cloud Deployment Manager.](/deployment-manager/docs/deployment-manager-and-cloud-marketplace)\n- [### Updating a deployment\n Learn how to update an existing deployment.](/deployment-manager/docs/deployments/updating-deployments)\n- [### Deleting a deployment\nLearn how to delete a deployment.](/deployment-manager/docs/deployments/deleting-deployments) \n\nSharing resources across projects\n---------------------------------\n\n- [### Using images from other projects](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/using-images-from-other-projects-for-vm-instances)\n- [### Sharing types across projects](/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/using-images-from-other-projects-for-vm-instances) \n\nStoring and retrieving data at runtime\n--------------------------------------\n\n- [### Creating and deleting RuntimeConfig resources\n Learn how to create and delete RuntimeConfig resources.](/deployment-manager/runtime-configurator/create-and-delete-runtimeconfig-resources)\n- [### Setting and getting data\n Learn how to set and get variables using the Runtime Configurator.](/deployment-manager/runtime-configurator/set-and-get-variables)\n- [### Deleting a variable\n Delete a variable.](/deployment-manager/runtime-configurator/deleting-a-variable)\n- [### Watching a variable for changes\n Learn how to watch a variable for changes.](/deployment-manager/runtime-configurator/watching-a-variable)\n- [### Creating a waiter\n Create a waiter to wait for a variable to a certain end condition.](/deployment-manager/runtime-configurator/creating-a-waiter)"]]