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   You perform these activities before or after deployment, or both.
   
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positive.code: 
  Before you use BOSH to deploy software, how do you deploy BOSH itself?
  
  You have several options.
  
  1. BOSH Lite is software that runs within a single VM.
  Scripts packaged with BOSH Lite make deploying it simpler than deploying a normal ("full") BOSH.
  
  1. _other option_
  
  only in AWS:
  bosh aws create
  bosh aws bootstrap micro bosh aws bootstrap bosh
  or generate for manifests only instead of bootstrap
  
  minimal example:
  deploy BOSH with MicroBOSH
  
  ## <a id="before"></a> Before Deploying, Obtain the Stemcell, Release and Manifest  ##
  
  
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  title: Basic BOSH Workflow
  ---
  
  While the distributed software you use BOSH to deploy can be complex, the basic patterns for working with BOSH are not.
  