# General Deployment Instructions

- [Best Practices](/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/deployment-general-installing-and-upgrading-instructions/best-practices.md): A guide outlining essential recommendations for stable MariaDB deployments, covering backup strategies, change management, security controls, and pre-production testing.
- [Deployment Methods](/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/deployment-general-installing-and-upgrading-instructions/deployment-methods.md): Overview of different deployment architectures (single-node, primary/replica) & methods, including manual installation via repositories or tarballs, and automated deployment with tools like Ansible.