# Deployment strategies

- [Overview](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/setting-up-your-instance.md)
- [Hardware, OS, network and firewall recommendations](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/hardware-os-network-and-firewall-recommendations.md): Before Defguard can be deployed please get familiar with the following recommendations
- [Standalone package based installation](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/standalone-package-based-installation.md)
- [Docker images and tags](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/docker-images-and-tags.md)
- [Docker Compose](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/docker-compose.md)
- [Kubernetes](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/kubernetes.md)
- [Terraform](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/terraform.md)
- [AMIs and AWS CloudFormation](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/amis-and-aws-cloudformation.md)
- [High Availability and Failover](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/high-availability-and-failover.md)
- [Upgrading](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/upgrading.md): Notes on upgrading Defguard and its components
- [Pre-production and development releases](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/pre-production-and-development-releases.md)
- [Gateway](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/gateway.md)
- [Running gateway on MikroTik routers](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/gateway/running-gateway-on-mikrotik-routers.md)
- [Securing gRPC communication](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/grpc-ssl-communication.md)
- [OpenID RSA key](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/openid-rsa-key.md)
- [Health check](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/health-check.md)
- [Configuration](https://docs.defguard.net/1.4/deployment-strategies/configuration.md)


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