I am trying to wrap my head around working with the Machines API. It seems that, should I choose to work with the Machines API rather than using flyctl to launch and deploy an app, then fly.toml is no longer needed, because all configuration can happen via API calls . Is this true? If I go the Mach…

Hey, that’s correct. flyctl reads your fly.toml and then calls the Machines API with the updates it needs to make ( it’s open source! ). If you call the Machines API yourself, you don’t need a fly.toml.

fly.toml is unnecessary for app deployment?

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pavel September 7, 2023, 3:23pm 5

Hi @belay

You can inject config files (or files from secrets) into machines. More details here - Machine Files

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fly.toml is unnecessary for app deployment?

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