.. _installation-overview:

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Install and Upgrade
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You can deploy |cp| using a cloud provider, an archive, DEB or RPM package, or
Docker container. You can also automate deployment to a public or private cloud
using :ref:`Confluent Operator <operator-introduction>`.


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   Confluent Cloud <https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/get-started/index.html>
   Confluent Operator <operator/index>
   installing_cp/index
   system-requirements
   ../../control-center/installation/licenses
   upgrade
   versions-interoperability
   scripted-install
   available_packages
   migrating
   migrating-kafka
   migrate-confluent-server