Getting Started
Deployment Overview
Deployment Overview
Use this page to pick the right Astra topology before you start wiring clients to it.
Recommended deployment choices
| Scenario | Recommended path |
|---|---|
| Local development and API exploration | /operations/deploy-local-compose |
| Single-node K3s on one host | /guides/deploy-k3s-single-node |
| Multi-node K3s cluster | /guides/deploy-k3s-cluster |
| Omni with Keycloak-backed tenancy | /guides/deploy-omni-with-astra |
| Production hardening and backups | /operations/deploy-production |
Deployment rules that matter
- keep explicit resource budgets for Astra in production,
- treat benchmark compose defaults as test profiles, not operating defaults,
- make boot ordering explicit when K3s depends on Astra locally,
- keep object-tier or backup configuration deliberate rather than accidental,
- validate control-plane add-ons against Astra memory and read-path behavior before rolling them broadly.