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# StackPack development

- [How to create a StackPack](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/develop_stackpacks.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Packaging](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/prepare_package.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [How to get a template file](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/how_to_get_a_template_file.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [How to make a multi-instance StackPack](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/how_to_make_a_multi-instance_stackpack.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Prepare a multi-instance provisioning script](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/prepare_multi-instance_provisioning_script.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Upload a StackPack file](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/how_to_pack_and_upload_stackpack.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Prepare a shared template](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/prepare_shared_template.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Customize a StackPack](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/how_to_customize_a_stackpack.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Prepare instance template files](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/prepare_instance_template_file.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Prepare a StackPack provisioning script](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/prepare_stackpack_provisioning_script.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [Resources in a StackPack](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/stackpack_resources.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x
- [StackState Common Layer](https://archivedocs.stackstate.com/5.1/develop/developer-guides/stackpack/stackstate-common-layer.md): StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x