# Deploy migrations from a local environment (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/prisma-client/deployment/deploy-migrations-from-a-local-environment)

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There are two scenarios where you might consider deploying migrations directly from a local environment to a production environment.

- You have a local CI/CD pipeline
- You are [baselining](/guides/prisma-migrate-v7-workflows-baselining) a production environment

This page outlines some examples of how you can do that and **why we would generally not recommend it**.

## Local CI/CD pipeline

If you do not have an automated CI/CD process, you can technically deploy new migrations from your local environment to production in the following ways:

1. Make sure your migration history is up to date. You can do this through running `prisma migrate dev`, which will generate a migration history from the latest changes made.
2. Swap your local connection URL for your production connection URL

```bash title=".env"
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://johndoe:randompassword@localhost:5432/my_local_database" # [!code --]

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://johndoe:randompassword@prod-db.example.com:5432/my_production_database" # [!code ++]
```

3. Run `prisma migrate deploy`

**⛔  We strongly discourage this solution due to the following reasons**

- You risk exposing your production database connection URL to version control.
- You may accidentally use your production connection URL instead and in turn **override or delete your production database**.

**✅ We recommend setting up an automated CI/CD pipeline**

The pipeline should handle deployment to staging and production environments, and use `migrate deploy` in a pipeline step. See the [deployment guides](/guides/prisma-client-v7-deployment-deploy-database-changes-with-prisma-migrate) for examples.

## Baselining a production database

When you add Prisma Migrate to an **existing database**, you must [baseline](/guides/prisma-migrate-v7-workflows-baselining) the production database. Baselining is performed **once**, and can be done from a local instance.

<img src="https://www.prisma.io/img/orm/baseline-production-from-local.png" alt="Baselining production from local with Prisma ORM">

## Related pages

- [`Caveats when deploying to AWS platforms`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-deployment-caveats-when-deploying-to-aws-platforms): Known caveats when deploying to an AWS platform
- [`Deploy Prisma ORM`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-deployment-deploy-prisma): Learn more about the different deployment paradigms for Node.js applications and how they affect deploying an application using Prisma Client
- [`Deploying database changes with Prisma Migrate`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-deployment-deploy-database-changes-with-prisma-migrate): Learn how to deploy database changes with Prisma Migrate

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