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 LangGraph Cloud APIs can be self-hosted with a valid LangGraph Cloud license key. Self-hosted deployments are built with Docker and deployed with Helm (on Kubernetes) or with Docker Compose. Ensure that the [Docker CLI](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/) is installed.
 
+LangGraph Cloud license key should be passed to the service as an environment variable named LANGGRAPH_CLOUD_LICENSE_KEY.
+
 ## Build Docker Image
 
 1. Follow the [How-to Guide](setup.md) for setting up a LangGraph application for deployment. Your LangGraph application will vary from the example in the How-to Guide. However, ensure that the [LangGraph API configuration file](../reference/cli.md#configuration-file) is created.