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# Configure a standalone environment

# Configure a standalone environment {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated June 3, 2026  
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With App Engine Management Center (AEMC), you no longer need an active deployment pipeline to get started. Complete the standalone environment setup to start deploying changes quickly. You can add a pipeline later when you're
ready to automate deployments.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

Related tasks:

* [Configure environment credentials](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/98jbqwCM7QGgR6Tv0wuo6g "Configure credentials in your production instance so that the flows used by the App Engine Management Center (AEMC) can access different instances.")
* [Configure your pipeline environments](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/jvTPIfmsz5khNLshlbU1DA "Set up your app development production and non-production environments (for example, development, test, and/or staging) by adding the URLs and credentials used to access each instance.")

## About this task

The standalone configuration option enables you to set up AEMC without having to configure an active deployment pipeline. Configure your development environment first, then production, and optionally your testing environment. You can add a
pipeline later when you're ready to automate deployments.

For general information about guided setup, see [Using guided setup](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=guided-setup&version=australia&pubname=australia-platform-user-interface&ft:locale=en-US).

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllApp EnginePipelines and DeploymentsGuided Setup.  
   Note:  
   The landing page provides information about the different categories, tools, and user access.
2. Select Get Started (or Continue if you have previously started guided setup).  
   Note:  
   The Pipelines and Deployments Guided Setup category page appears, displaying a list of setup tasks grouped by environment. For standalone installation, you will complete environment setup tasks only and skip pipeline creation entirely. You can add a pipeline later if needed.
3. In the development environments category, select Get Started and complete setting up the controller instance.  
   For more information, see [Configure your controller instance](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Buix3GJZmzlZ001DMYd_Qw "You must identify one of the instances in your app development pipeline as the controller instance. All communication between the instances in your pipeline, including the deployment order for applications in the pipeline, takes place in the controller instance.").  
   Note:  
   When you have completed this environment setup task, the Guided Setup screen reappears.
4. If you have a testing environment, select Get Started in the testing environment category and configure your controller instance.  
   Note:  
   When you have completed this task, the Guided Setup screen reappears.
5. In the production environment category, select Get Started and add users to the App Engine admin group.  
   For more information, see [Add users to the App Engine admin group](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/5fjJ~hiuoWm1J8ddxiQpBQ "Add users to the App Engine Admin group in your production instance to give them administrative rights to App Engine Studio (AES). You must also identify a contact email address for the group. After you configure the email address of the App Engine Admin group, members can receive notifications for app development-related requests, including app intake requests.").  
   Note:  
   When you have completed this environment setup task, the Guided Setup screen reappears. Standalone AEMC environment setup is complete.

## Result

Your AEMC standalone environment is set up and ready to use. When you're ready to automate your deployments, see [Configure your pipeline](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/65_77JYNOwE8~kOOYm5uMg "Configure your app development pipeline so that your administrator can quickly move an application from one environment to another.").

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