# Move the Project to Production
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/straight-through-processing/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/move-project-to-production-tutorial/index.md

After successfully testing in the Sandbox environment, you can move your project to Production. This guide takes you through the steps needed to move your Mastercard Developers Sandbox project to a Production setup.

To move to the next step in the tutorial, click the subsequent step in the left navigation pane or click the **Next** button.

## Request Production Access {#request-production-access}

1. Navigate to the project that you want to move to Production by clicking the name of the Project from the **My Projects** page. ![Project Page](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/img/req_prod_access.png)
2. Click the **Request Production Access** button in the **Production** section of the page. ![Production](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/uploads/production.png)
3. The **Request Production Access** window is displayed as shown below: ![Request Production Access](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/uploads/req_prod_access1.png)
4. Click **Continue**.

## Complete the Company Profile {#complete-the-company-profile}

You need to provide additional details about your company.

1. Fill in the details. ![Complete the Company Profile](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/uploads/company_profile.png)
2. Click **Next**.

## Create a Production Key {#create-a-production-key}

1. Choose one of the following options to create a Production Key:
   * Enter the `key alias` and the `keystore password` in the respective fields.
   * Upload an existing CSR. ![Create a Production Key](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/uploads/create_production_key.png)
2. Click **Next**.

## Download the Production Keys {#download-the-production-keys}

1. Click **Submit** and download the Production keys. ![Download keys](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/img/download-keys.png)
2. Once you have submitted your request, you will see the following confirmation message. ![Success](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/img/conf-msg.png)
3. Click **Okay**.

## Share your Production Credentials {#share-your-production-credentials}

Make sure you share your Production credentials with your Account Manager or CIS representative by following the steps below:

1. Find the consumer key in your newly created project, under the **Production Keys** section. ![Success](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/img/prod-key.png)
2. Use the **Actions** drop-down list to copy the consumer key.
3. Share the consumer key with your Account Manager or CIS representative via email.

## Wait for approval {#wait-for-approval}

At this point, Straight Through Processing APIs under Production for your project will be **Under Review** as shown below.

![Waiting](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/img/under-rvw.png)

After the Production access is approved, Straight Through Processing APIs under Production for your project will be **Approved** as shown below.

![Approved](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/straight-through-processing/img/approved.png)

## Next steps {#next-steps}

Once you have confirmed your access to production, you can go through the following resources:

* [API Reference](https://developer.mastercard.com/straight-through-processing/documentation/api-reference/index.md)
* [Connect using the SDK](https://developer.mastercard.com/straight-through-processing/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/connect-using-the-sdk-tutorial/index.md)
* [Connect using Open API](https://developer.mastercard.com/straight-through-processing/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/connect-using-open-api-tutorial/index.md)
* [Connecting directly to the API with OAuth](https://developer.mastercard.com/straight-through-processing/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/connect-directly-to-the-api-with-oauth-tutorial/index.md)