# Installation & Deployment

- [Getting Started with MariaDB Galera Cluster](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/getting-started-with-mariadb-galera-cluster.md): Complete MariaDB installation guide. Complete setup instructions for Linux, Windows, and macOS with configuration and verification for production use.
- [Installing MariaDB Galera on IBM Cloud](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/installing-mariadb-galera-on-ibm-cloud.md): Step-by-step IBM Cloud deployment of MariaDB Galera Cluster on IBM Kubernetes Service, with provisioning, IBM Block Storage plug-in setup, and Helm-based MariaDB Galera installation.
- [Tips on Converting to Galera](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/tips-on-converting-to-galera.md): Practical guidance for migrating an existing MariaDB workload to Galera Cluster, with notes for schema designers, developers, and DBAs on InnoDB, AUTO\_INCREMENT, and DDL handling.
- [Galera Test Repositories](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/galera-test-repositories.md): Pre-release test repositories for the Galera wsrep provider on supported YUM, APT, and Zypper distributions, intended only for QA and not recommended for production environments.
- [Advanced Installation (From Source)](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/advanced-installation-from-source.md): Advanced installation guides for building MariaDB Galera Cluster from source on Fedora, Ubuntu and Debian, RPM-based distributions, and from the upstream Galera repository.
- [Installing Galera from Source](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/advanced-installation-from-source/installing-galera-from-source.md): Install MariaDB Galera Cluster from source when prebuilt RPM or Debian packages are unavailable, enabling the wsrep API via WITH\_WSREP and WITH\_INNODB\_DISALLOW\_WRITES CMake options.
- [Building the Galera wsrep Package on Ubuntu and Debian](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/advanced-installation-from-source/building-the-galera-wsrep-package-on-ubuntu-and-debian.md): Build the galera wsrep provider .deb package on Ubuntu and Debian, covering prerequisites, the build.sh script workflow, and the steps required to run the galera test suite afterward.
- [Building the Galera wsrep Package on Fedora](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/galera-management/installation-and-deployment/advanced-installation-from-source/building-the-galera-wsrep-package-on-fedora.md): Build the galera wsrep provider RPM package on Fedora and other RPM-based distributions, with a version table mapping each Galera 4, 3, and 2 release to its MariaDB version.


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