# Dfx deploy command **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Created:** [March 25, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/dfx-deploy-command/2282 "2021-03-25T10:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Seb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/seb/32/10340_2.png) [@Seb](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Seb)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/dfx-deploy-command/2282/1 "2021-03-25T10:23:52Z")
Hello 🙂 I have some interrogations on the basics dfx commands : dfx canister create / dfx build / dfx install /dfx deploy. If I understood well : - _dfx canister create_ =\> Registers an id for your futur canisters and stores the ID in the canisters\_id.jsons file. - _dfx build_ =\> Compile your source code into a WebAssembly module ; create javascripts representation of the canister interface and put all the created files into a directory .dfx/local/canister (when you are deploying locally). - _dfx install_ =\> Deploy the previous created folder with the WASM module and javascript files on the IC. But what about the command _dfx deploy_ ? Does it do the 3 previous steps in one ? Thank you; have a good day 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Ori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ori](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Ori)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/dfx-deploy-command/2282/2 "2021-03-25T11:20:04Z")
`dfx deploy` does all these steps yes, note that it runs `dfx canister install --mode upgrade`, which allows you to maintain canister state. You can run `dfx deploy` for all canisters, or choose a canister with `dfx deploy ` . ---
**Author:** ![Seb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/seb/32/10340_2.png) [@Seb](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Seb)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/dfx-deploy-command/2282/3 "2021-03-25T11:37:52Z")
Okay thanks for the clarification!