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title: Create deployment group
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# Create deployment group
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/devices/deployment-groups
Creates a new deployment group. Policy IDs must be unique across all deployment groups. This endpoint is in Beta.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).
**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
name: string
A user-friendly name for the deployment group.
maxLength255
minLength1
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version\_config: array of object {target\_environment, version }
Contains at least one version configuration.
target\_environment: string
The target environment for the client version (e.g., windows, macos).
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version: string
The specific client version to deploy.
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policy\_ids: optional array of string
Contains an optional list of policy IDs assigned to a group.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zero_trust.devices.deployment_groups%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20policy_ids%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message }
code: number
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message: string
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messages: array of object {code, message }
code: number
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message: string
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result: DeploymentGroup { id, created\_at, name, 3 more }
id: string
The ID of the deployment group.
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created\_at: string
The RFC3339Nano timestamp when the deployment group was created.
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name: string
A user-friendly name for the deployment group.
maxLength255
minLength1
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updated\_at: string
The RFC3339Nano timestamp when the deployment group was last updated.
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version\_config: array of object {target\_environment, version }
Contains version configurations for different target environments.
target\_environment: string
The target environment for the client version (e.g., windows, macos).
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version: string
The specific client version to deploy.
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policy\_ids: optional array of string
Contains a list of policy IDs assigned to this deployment group.
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success: boolean
Indicates whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zero_trust.devices.deployment_groups%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
### Create deployment group
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/devices/deployment-groups \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"name": "Engineering Ring 0",
"version_config": [
{
"target_environment": "windows",
"version": "2026.6.234.0"
}
]
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 0,
"message": "message"
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 0,
"message": "message"
}
],
"result": {
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"created_at": "2026-02-14T13:17:00.123456789Z",
"name": "Engineering Ring 0",
"updated_at": "2026-02-14T13:17:00.123456789Z",
"version_config": [
{
"target_environment": "windows",
"version": "2026.6.234.0"
}
],
"policy_ids": [
"policy-uuid-1",
"policy-uuid-2"
]
},
"success": true
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 0,
"message": "message"
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 0,
"message": "message"
}
],
"result": {
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"created_at": "2026-02-14T13:17:00.123456789Z",
"name": "Engineering Ring 0",
"updated_at": "2026-02-14T13:17:00.123456789Z",
"version_config": [
{
"target_environment": "windows",
"version": "2026.6.234.0"
}
],
"policy_ids": [
"policy-uuid-1",
"policy-uuid-2"
]
},
"success": true
}
```