# Services

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## Your services

The **Services** page lists the services Deployment.io deploys. Summary cards count each type: **Static site**, **Web service** and **Private service**.

The list has the columns **Details** (**View**, **Edit**, **Delete**), **Status**, **Type**, **Environment**, **Region**, **Last deployed**, **Preview database** (see [Preview database](#preview-database) below) and **Deploy**.

To create a new service, click **Service +**. See [Deploying a Static Website](/docs/dashboard/deploying-a-static-website/) and [Deploying a Web Service](/docs/dashboard/deploying-a-web-service/).

## Running, not managed by Deployment.io

The **"Running, not managed by Deployment.io"** list shows services the [context](/docs/resources/context/) scan found running that Deployment.io doesn't deploy. It has the columns **Service**, **Repository**, **Cluster**, **Source** and **Confidence**. A red "drift" tag marks a service with drift.

To confirm or correct a service's repository, click the pencil (**Set repository**). A repository you set outranks what the scan found and survives later scans.

## Preview database

Web services built from a repository have a **Preview database** setting. The column shows "Automatic" or "<Engine> <version> · <variables>", followed by " · migrations" or " · no migrations" — or "None".

To change it, click the pencil (**Set preview database**). This opens "Preview database — <service>":

"Each preview of this service gets its own empty database. deployment.io detects the engine and the variable from the code; set it here if that's wrong. If Preview configuration sets the variable, previews use that value instead — unless you choose Use."

Choose one:

- **"Detect from the code (recommended)"**
- **"Use"** — pick the engine (PostgreSQL 13–17, MySQL 8.0/8.4, MongoDB 6.0/7.0), the version and the variables. "Names like DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME or PGHOST get that part of the address; any other name gets the full address (URL)."
- **"None"**

**Preview migrate command (optional)**: "Runs against the preview's own database before the API starts, with the database's variables set. Leave empty to run no migrations. Previews never run the production pre-deploy command."

Changing it needs permission to edit the service. For how previews use the database, see [Tasks → Previews](/docs/tasks/previews/).

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Source: https://deployment.io/docs/resources/services/