# Cloud Projects and Publishing (/docs/verdent-manager/core-features/cloud-projects-and-publishing)

> Create, build, preview, and publish Verdent Cloud projects from the Desktop app



Verdent Desktop can create Cloud projects and take them from a prompt to a live `*.verdent.app` URL without switching to a separate browser workflow.

## Create a Cloud project [#create-a-cloud-project]

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the project menu">
    From Home, open the **Projects*&#x2A; panel and select the &#x2A;*+** button.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select New Cloud project">
    Choose **New Cloud project**, enter a project name, and select **Create project**. You must be signed in to use Cloud projects.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe the app">
    Tell Verdent what website or app you want to build. Verdent creates the project in Cloud infrastructure and opens it in the Desktop workbench.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm the preview">
    Use **Preview** to test the runnable app. A project must have a working preview before it can be published.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  The **New Cloud project** entry is marked **Publish Anytime** in the project menu.
</Tip>

## Publish the project [#publish-the-project]

When the preview is ready, select **Publish** in the workbench title bar. Configure the app URL, title, icon, and visibility, then start publishing.

Verdent reports progress while it provisions resources, scans the project, builds the app, bundles the output, and promotes the new version. After the first release, use **Publish changes** to update the live app.

Once the app is live, use **My app** to manage its settings and production data.

## Manage the app in My app [#manage-the-app-in-my-app]

My app is available for the selected Cloud project from the workbench tab bar. If the tab is closed, select &#x2A;*+** and then **My app**.

<CardGroup cols="2">
  <Card title="General" icon="gear" href="/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/general">
    Manage publishing, access, app identity, version history, features, and the Verdent badge.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Database" icon="database" href="/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/database">
    Browse tables and add, edit, delete, filter, sort, or export production records.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Users" icon="users" href="/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/users">
    Configure sign-in, review signup trends, and search registered accounts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Analytics" icon="chart-line" href="/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/analytics">
    Review visitors, page views, referrers, countries, and devices.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

See [My app overview](/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/overview) for the complete management workflow.

## Publishing a local project [#publishing-a-local-project]

A local project cannot be published directly from its existing folder. If you select **Publish** while working in a local project, Verdent offers to create a new Cloud project and opens it for you to continue building.

<Note>
  Creating the Cloud project does not change or upload the files in your local project. Build or recreate the publishable app in the new Cloud project, confirm its preview, and then publish it.
</Note>

## Deployment resource limits [#deployment-resource-limits]

Before publishing, Verdent checks the deployment resources included with your current plan:

| Resource               | What the limit controls                              |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **Cloud apps**         | How many Cloud apps can be published                 |
| **Database storage**   | How much database storage the project can use        |
| **Persistent storage** | How much persistent disk storage the project can use |

If publishing is blocked, the dialog shows the affected resource, current usage, plan limit, and the next available plan when an upgrade is available.

* If the Cloud app limit is reached, upgrade or archive an existing app before publishing a new one.
* If database or persistent storage is full, upgrade the plan. If no higher plan is available, contact support.
* If more than one resource is blocked, resolve every listed limit before publishing.

See [Deployment Resources and Limits](/docs/account-billing/deployment-resources) for billing behavior and troubleshooting.

## Related guides [#related-guides]

<CardGroup cols="2">
  <Card title="Publish a Cloud App" icon="globe" href="/docs/verdent-cloud/publish/go-live">
    Configure and publish a Cloud app
  </Card>

  <Card title="Analytics" icon="chart-line" href="/docs/verdent-cloud/insights/analytics">
    Understand traffic after your app goes live
  </Card>

  <Card title="Unpublish" icon="circle-stop" href="/docs/verdent-cloud/publish/unpublish">
    Stop publishing or remove a live app
  </Card>

  <Card title="Deployment Resources" icon="server" href="/docs/account-billing/deployment-resources">
    Understand plan-based deployment limits
  </Card>
</CardGroup>