I have currently deployed a canister to mainnet. Is there a way to deploy a second canister with the same code base to mainnet and just choose which one I want to deploy to ad-hoc?

I see, so if I specify --network staging, it will deploy to a different canister than if I specify --network ic?

Yep, as long as you configure it the way I demonstrate there

dfx deploy --network staging gives and error: The replica returned an HTTP Error: Http Error: status 404 Not Found, content type "text/html", content: <html> <head><title>404 Not Found</title></head> <body> <center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center> <hr><center>nginx/1.21.3</center> </body> </html> I…

Ah, it’s failing because you don’t have a wallet configured for “staging”. Run this: dfx identity --network staging set-wallet $(dfx identity --network ic get-wallet) I’ll add a note to the Readme

Hmm, I’m still getting Installing canisters... Creating UI canister on the staging network. The replica returned an HTTP Error: Http Error: status 404 Not Found, content type "text/html", content: <html> <head><title>404 Not Found</title></head> <body> <center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center> <hr><c…

@anon74414410 Do you know what might be causing the error? ^

Maybe it’s trying to install the Candid UI canister? This didn’t happen when I ran it, so I’m not sure. Try specifying your canister short name with dfx deploy --network staging <canister-name> and definitely verify that the wallet is set up for staging correctly with dfx identity --network stagi…

It seems to keep trying to install the UI canister, even with dfx deploy --network staging . Is there a way to disable this?

Specify the name of the canister in the command. It will only deploy the specific canister

Deploying to new canister on mainnet

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