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Hi Preeti,

1. Deployments register all the configuration pieces (storage, infra, labels, scheduling etc.) You run this in advance, or as part of CI/CD, locally, or wherever. 
2. Running a deployment creates a flow_run from said flow using all the parameters you defined in the deployment. Your agents pick up these flow_runs based on matching the labels. 
3. We have a number of tutorials for docker, kubernetes, etc. that can walk through this _ <https://docs.prefect.io/tutorials/>
4. You can do it from CLI, Python API, rest API, or UI. 
    a. <https://docs.prefect.io/api-ref/prefect/deployments/#prefect.deployments.run_deployment>
    b. <https://app.prefect.cloud/api/docs#tag/Deployments/operation/create_flow_run_from_deployment_api_accounts__account_id__workspaces__workspace_id__deployments__id__create_flow_run_post|https://app.prefect.cloud/api/docs#tag/Deployments/operation/create_flow_run_from_deployme[…]es__workspace_id__deployments__id__create_flow_run_post>
    c. <https://docs.prefect.io/api-ref/prefect/cli/deployment/#prefect.cli.deployment.run>

This page gives a good overview -
<https://www.prefect.io/security/overview/>

You run an agent in your cluster, you register your deployment, and you can start a flow_run wherever you want