# Acquire and manage a license key If you wish to self-host Cal.com with either our Ultimate plan or Platform plan, you need to acquire a License Key to do so. **Step 1:**\ Log on to using your free Cal.com account

**Step 2:**\ Click on New **Deployment ->** under step 1. Create a deployment

**Step 3:** Click on Next Step, confirming the kind of deployment you'd like to create.

**Step 4:** Give your deployment a name to identify later

**Step 5:**\ Select a plan and provide the payment details (don't worry, you will **NOT** be charged until 30 days have passed since the date of sign-up on the console)

**Step 6:**\ You should now see your deployment as shown below and you can use this License Key, place it in the .env file in root, and start using Cal.com in production

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