# Step 1. Select the deployment target Select your deployment target, and then provide the configuration information. ## IBM Cloud Foundry Cloud Foundry is the premier industry standard Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that ensures fast, easy, and reliable deployment of cloud-native apps. Cloud Foundry ensures that the build and deploy aspects of coding remain carefully coordinated with any attached services — resulting in quick, consistent and reliable iterating of applications. Cloud Foundry has a Lite plan that allows quick deployments for testing purposes. ## Before you begin - If your account doesn't have a Cloud Foundry org, you must create one. [Create org.](/account/cloud-foundry) ## Steps 1. Select the number of instances, memory allocation, A **region** is a defined geographic territory in which applications, services, and resources are deployed. ,

**Orgs** enable collaboration among users and facilitate the logical grouping of resources. Orgs can span multiple regions. [Learn more.](/docs/cloud-foundry?topic=cloud-foundry-orgstructure)

, and A **space** is a sub-group within an org that you can use to organize apps, services, and users. Spaces are tied to a specific region in IBM Cloud. [Learn more.](/docs/account?topic=account-orgsspacesusers) 2. Select the

A **domain** can be a system domain or a custom domain. A route is the unique address for your app, and it includes the app name and the domain name.

and provide a The **host** name of the app in IBM Cloud must be unique in the IBM Cloud environment. A route has a subdomain and a domain. A subdomain is typically the app name. name.