# Environments
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/api-reference/guides/environments

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.awellhealth.com/llms.txt).



Awell runs the Orchestration API in more than one environment and region. Use Sandbox to build and
test, and a production environment for live care. Send each request to the endpoint for the
environment and region your data lives in.

## Environments [#environments]

There are two: **Sandbox** and **Production**. Sandbox is for exploring, testing and building your
integration. Production runs live care and is available once your implementation goes live.

Production is deployed in three regions — **EU**, **UK** and **US** — and your data lives in exactly
one of them. Sandbox is a single environment.

## API endpoints [#api-endpoints]

Each environment and region has its own GraphQL endpoint. Send every request to the one your data
lives in.

| Environment     | Endpoint                                                        |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sandbox         | `https://api.sandbox.awellhealth.com/orchestration/m2m/graphql` |
| Production — EU | `https://api.awellhealth.com/orchestration/m2m/graphql`         |
| Production — US | `https://api.us.awellhealth.com/orchestration/m2m/graphql`      |
| Production — UK | `https://api.uk.awellhealth.com/orchestration/m2m/graphql`      |

## Where to get a key [#where-to-get-a-key]

API keys are created in the CareOps portal, which is a separate address per environment:

| Environment     | CareOps portal                             |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Sandbox         | `https://careops.sandbox.awellhealth.com/` |
| Production — EU | `https://careops.awellhealth.com/`         |
| Production — UK | `https://careops.uk.awellhealth.com/`      |
| Production — US | `https://careops.us.awellhealth.com/`      |

These are portal addresses for people to sign in to — not API endpoints. See
[Authentication](/api-reference/guides/authentication) for creating a key.

**An API key belongs to one environment.** A Sandbox key does not authenticate against production,
and a key from one production region does not work in another. Moving an integration from Sandbox to
production means a new key as well as a new endpoint.

## Related [#related]

* [Authentication](/api-reference/guides/authentication)
* [Getting started](/api-reference/guides/getting-started)