> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.blockscout.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Avalanche Chains

# Avalanche Deploy Integration

Blockscout is available as a built-in add-on in [avalanche-deploy](https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-deploy), Ava Labs' open-source Infrastructure as Code toolkit for deploying production Avalanche L1 blockchains and Primary Network validators.

This means any team launching an Avalanche L1 can deploy a full Blockscout explorer as part of their infrastructure pipeline — no separate setup required.

## What's included

The Blockscout add-on deploys the complete stack as a Docker Compose service on your RPC node:

* Backend indexer
* Frontend UI
* Stats service
* Nginx reverse proxy

Once deployed, the explorer is accessible at `http://<archive-rpc-ip>:4001`.

## Deployment paths

avalanche-deploy supports two infrastructure paths. Blockscout works with both:

| Path                | Cloud support   | Best for                                              |
| ------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Terraform + Ansible | AWS, GCP, Azure | Production environments with full operational tooling |
| Kubernetes (Helm)   | Any cluster     | Existing clusters or local development with kind      |

## Deploy Blockscout

After deploying your L1, run:

```bash theme={null}
source l1.env
make deploy-blockscout CHAIN_ID=$CHAIN_ID EVM_CHAIN_ID=99999 CHAIN_NAME="My L1"
```

Initial indexing can take time for chains with existing history. Monitor progress with:

```bash theme={null}
docker logs -f blockscout-backend
```

## Other add-ons

Blockscout is one of several add-ons bundled in avalanche-deploy:

* **eRPC** — RPC load balancer with intelligent routing (deployed automatically)
* **Faucet** — Token faucet for developer testing
* **The Graph** — Subgraph indexing via GraphQL
* **ICM Relayer** — Cross-chain messaging between your L1 and C-Chain
* **Safe** — Multisig wallet interface

## Resources

* [avalanche-deploy documentation](https://build.avax.network/docs/tooling/avalanche-deploy)
* [avalanche-deploy GitHub repo](https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-deploy)
* [Add-ons reference](https://build.avax.network/docs/tooling/avalanche-deploy/add-ons)