# Configure Runbook Environments

[Getting Started - Create Environments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPb6CLHyNLA)

Octopus organizes the servers and services where you deploy your software into environments. Typical environments are **Dev**, **Test**, and **Production**, and they represent the stages of your deployment pipeline.

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![Typical environments in the Octopus Web Portal](/docs/img/shared-content/concepts/images/environments.png)
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1. To create an environment, in the Octopus Web Portal, navigate to **Infrastructure ➜ Environments** and click **ADD ENVIRONMENT**.
1. Give your new environment a meaningful name, for instance, *Test*, and click **SAVE**.

You now have your first environment.

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Try to reuse the same environments as your deployments whenever possible.  You will often run runbooks on the same deployment targets as your deployment process.  Creating runbook only environments can saturate your dashboards and lifecycles.  If you need to have an environment for runbooks, we recommend limiting it to one or two environments at most with a name similar to `Maintenance`.
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The next step will [create a project to house the runbook](/docs/getting-started/first-runbook-run/create-runbook-projects).

**Further Reading**

For further reading on deployment targets in Octopus Deploy please see:

- [Deployment Targets](/docs/infrastructure/deployment-targets)
- [Runbook Documentation](/docs/runbooks)
- [Runbook Examples](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples)