Create a Commercial Deployment (BYOK)

Overview

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) lets you use your existing API key from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any OpenAI-compatible provider through the Mycelis proxy. Your key is stored encrypted and only used internally.

Advantage: Full control over your provider account, your own rate limits, and billing directly with your provider.

Billing: BYOK deployments are billed per token — costs pass through to your own provider account.

Create the Deployment

1. Navigate to Models Marketplace in the left sidebar
2. Find the model you want to use
3. Click Add Model — a dialog opens
4. In the dialog, select BYOK as the key type
5. Enter your API key — it is stored encrypted and never exposed
6. Select your provider or enter a custom base URL:

7. Optionally connect the deployment to OpenWebUI
8. Click Create

The deployment is instantly available — no provisioning delay.

Next steps

• Configure an Agent — add routing, Knowledge Bases, and MCP Tools on top of your deployment
• Create a commercial deployment (Managed Keys) — let Mycelis manage the provider key instead
• API Reference — all available API parameters