# General Deployment Instructions - [Best Practices](https://mariadb.com/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](https://mariadb.com/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. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/deployment-general-installing-and-upgrading-instructions.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.