Private - Activepieces

This guide assumes you have already created a piece and created a private fork of our repository, and you would like to package it as a file and upload it.

<Tip> Friendly Tip: There is a CLI to easily upload it to your platform. Please check out [Publish Custom Pieces](../misc/publish-piece). </Tip> <Steps> <Step title="Build Piece"> Build the piece using the following command. Make sure to replace `${name}` with your piece folder name.

    ```bash
    npm run pieces -- build --name=${name}
    ```

    <Info>
    More information about building pieces can be found [here](../misc/build-piece).
    </Info>
</Step>
<Step title="Upload Tarball">
    Upload the generated tarball inside `dist/packages/pieces/${name}`from Activepieces Platform Admin -> Pieces

    ![Manage Pieces](/resources/screenshots/install-piece.png)

</Step>

</Steps>