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# Promote API Instances in API Groups

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

You can promote an API Group instance from one environment to another, for example, sandbox to
production. When you promote an API Group instance, the source environment of the instance remains
unchanged. However, the destination environment changes by creating the API Group instance that is
being promoted.

The API instances of the promoted API Group instance might differ from the original group instance,
but the definition (related assets) remains the same.

## Task Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

- Obtained the API Group Administrator permissions to be able to promote an API Group instance

- Verify that the APIs in the API Group instance that you want to promote are already present in the
  destination environment

  For example, if the API Group instance that you want to promote contains the Facebook API, the
  destination environment must already have the Facebook API in that environment type.

To promote an API Group instance:

1.  Navigate to **Anypoint Platform** > **API Manager**.

2.  Click **API Groups** > **Promote from environment**.

3.  From the **Source Environment** list, select the environment of the API you want to promote.

4.  From the **API Group** list, select the API Group to which the API instance belongs.

5.  From the **API Group version** list, select the version of the API Group to which the instance
    belongs.

6.  From the **API Group instance** list, select the API Group instance that you want to promote.

7.  Optionally, select the **Import default limits from existent SLA Tiers** checkbox if you want to
    include the SLA tiers when promoting from source to destination environment.

    Note that only the default limits of every tier is promoted.

8.  Click **Promote**.