.. _installation-overview:

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Install and Upgrade
===================

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-about-intro>`.


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :hidden:

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

- `Quick Start for Apache Kafka using Confluent Cloud <https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/get-started/index.html>`__
- :ref:`operator-about-intro`
- :ref:`cp-ansible-playbooks`
- :ref:`installation`
- :ref:`system-requirements`
- :ref:`controlcenter_licenses`
- :ref:`upgrade`
- :ref:`interoperability-versions`
- :ref:`installing-systemd-unit`
- :ref:`available_packages`
- :ref:`enterprise_migration`
- :ref:`migrate-kafka`
- :ref:`migrate-confluent-server`