# Deploying a self-hosted instance

The Tonic Textual images are stored on [Quay.io](http://quay.io/). During onboarding, Tonic.ai provides you with credentials to access the image repository.  If you require new credentials, or you experience issues accessing the repository, contact <support@tonic.ai>.

You can deploy Textual using either Kubernetes or Docker.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>System requirements</strong></td><td>System requirements to deploy a self-hosted Textual instance.</td><td></td><td><a href="deploying-a-self-hosted-instance/system-requirements">system-requirements</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Deploy on Docker</strong></td><td>How to use Docker Compose to deploy a self-hosted Textual instance on Docker.</td><td></td><td><a href="deploying-a-self-hosted-instance/deploying-with-docker-compose">deploying-with-docker-compose</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Deploy on Kubernetes</strong></td><td>How to use Helm to deploy a self-hosted Textual instance on Kubernetes.</td><td></td><td><a href="deploying-a-self-hosted-instance/deploying-on-kubernetes-with-helm">deploying-on-kubernetes-with-helm</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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