> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.strata.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

The Operations guides cover the full lifecycle of running the Maverics Orchestrator in production. The Orchestrator is small and lightweight -- it deploys almost anywhere, whether that is a Docker container, a Kubernetes cluster, or a bare-metal server. Once running, it provides a health endpoint, OpenTelemetry-based metrics and traces, and structured JSON logging so you always know what is happening.

These guides take you from a working development setup to a production deployment -- covering how to deploy safely, monitor effectively, scale horizontally, and troubleshoot when things do not go as expected. Each guide stands on its own, so you can jump directly to the topic you need.

## Guides

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  <Card title="Deploy to Production" icon="rocket" href="/guides/operations/deploy">
    Deploy with CLI flags, Docker or systemd, secret provider configuration, health probes, and environment-specific YAML
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monitor and Observe" icon="chart-line" href="/guides/operations/monitor">
    Configure OpenTelemetry metrics and traces via OTLP export, structured JSON logging, and Prometheus alerting rules
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scale for Production" icon="arrows-up-down" href="/guides/operations/scale">
    Scale horizontally with sticky sessions, local session storage, and mode-appropriate Redis caching
  </Card>

  <Card title="Troubleshoot Common Issues" icon="wrench" href="/guides/operations/troubleshoot">
    Diagnose and resolve common startup failures, authentication errors, configuration problems, and connectivity issues
  </Card>
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## Related Pages

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  <Card title="Orchestrator Installation Reference" icon="download" href="/reference/orchestrator/installation">
    Full reference for installation methods, system requirements, and platform support
  </Card>

  <Card title="Telemetry" icon="file-code" href="/reference/orchestrator/telemetry">
    Complete configuration reference for metrics, logging, and health check settings
  </Card>

  <Card title="Security Guides" icon="lock" href="/guides/security/overview">
    TLS configuration, certificate management, and security hardening for production deployments
  </Card>

  <Card title="Getting Started Guides" icon="flag-checkered" href="/guides/getting-started/overview">
    New to Maverics? Start here for installation, first configuration, and your first protected application
  </Card>

  <Card title="Identity Continuity" icon="arrows-rotate" href="/guides/identity-continuity/overview">
    Set up automatic IdP failover and cascading high availability to eliminate identity provider single points of failure
  </Card>
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