# How to create a sandbox for testing?

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-create-a-sandbox-for-testing/28922>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** starter\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-create-a-sandbox-for-testing/28922 "2020-12-08T23:17:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JGood](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jgood/32/100319_2.png) [@JGood](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JGood)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-create-a-sandbox-for-testing/28922/1 "2020-12-08T23:17:33Z")

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I was told by Hubspot to create a developer account to then create a sandbox. I was told to follow these steps:

1) Go here: [HubSpot Developers | Create tomorrow's solutions today on HubSpot's Developer Platform.](https://developers.hubspot.com/get-started)

2) I assume I want to create an integration. If I click on “Get API keys” then it tells me how to get those (I already know how to get those).

3) That’s it! I’m stuck. He just tells me to “create a developer account” and “spin it up from there”.

How do I create a developer account? I assume my developer has a developer account already (But maybe not). And then how do I actually create the sandbox?

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**Author:** ![kaoki](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kaoki/32/6438_2.png) [@kaoki](https://community.hubspot.com/u/kaoki)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-create-a-sandbox-for-testing/28922/2 "2020-12-09T03:14:31Z")

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@JGood

Please click “Create app developer account”.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![JGood](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jgood/32/100319_2.png) [@JGood](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JGood)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-create-a-sandbox-for-testing/28922/3 "2020-12-14T17:29:14Z")

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Okay I’ve done that. And then after that I click “Create a test account”? And that will let me copy my production environment and create a sandbox? I need to give directions to my developer. Is there a help topic with step by step directions to create a sandbox? Or can you tell me what those steps are? I can’t believe this is so difficult to find. With Salesforce you just push a button to create a sandbox.

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**Author:** ![HubSpotMaster](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/hubspotmaster/32/31853_2.png) [@HubSpotMaster](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HubSpotMaster)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-create-a-sandbox-for-testing/28922/4 "2020-12-15T14:34:01Z")

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@JGood It is not easy to create a sandbox environment. If you want to push your data to the developer account you will need to use a Portal Replicator tool from the marketplace to get your data and workflows into the dev environment. I believe the dev environment is open for up to 90 days.

[How do I create a test account](https://legacydocs.hubspot.com/docs/faq/how-do-i-create-a-test-account)

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**Author:** ![LM\_i](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@LM\_i](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LM_i)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-create-a-sandbox-for-testing/28922/5 "2022-01-01T13:27:43Z")

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Thank you so much 😍