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# Installation and operation overview
The birth, care, and feeding of your Metabase.
## [Installing Metabase](./installing-metabase.md)
Start here.
### [Running the Jar File](running-the-metabase-jar-file.md)
The simplest and most basic way of running Metabase.
### [Running on Docker](running-metabase-on-docker.md)
If you prefer to use a Docker container, we've got you covered.
### [Metabase Cloud](https://www.metabase.com/pricing)
Our official hosted version, [Metabase Cloud](https://www.metabase.com/pricing). All you need to do is sign up for a free trial, and you're off to the races.
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### Other installation options
- [Running on Azure Web Apps](running-metabase-on-azure.md)
- [Running on Debian as a service](running-metabase-on-debian.md)
- [Running on AWS Elastic Beanstalk](running-metabase-on-elastic-beanstalk.md)
- [Advanced topics for running on AWS Elastic Beanstalk](./advanced-topics-for-running-Metabase-in-AWS-ElasticBeanstalk.md)
## [Building Metabase from source](../developers-guide/start.md)
To run a development branch of Metabase, check out our [developer's guide](../developers-guide/start.md).
## [Backing up Metabase application data](./backing-up-metabase-application-data.md)
How to back up your Metabase data: questions, dashboards, and other application data.
## [Upgrading Metabase](upgrading-metabase.md)
How to safely upgrade your Metabase.
## [Migrating from H2](./migrating-from-h2.md)
If you started using Metabase with the default, H2 application database, here's how to migrate your data to a production-ready database.
## [Creating an RDS database on AWS](./creating-RDS-database-on-AWS.md)
How to use an RDS instance as your application database.
## [Monitoring your metabase](./monitoring-metabase.md)
Monitor your Metabase with JMX.
## [Java versions](./java-versions.md)
Some notes on Java versions.
## [Supported browsers](./supported-browsers.md)
If you’d like more technical resources to set up your data stack with Metabase, connect with a [Metabase Expert](https://www.metabase.com/partners/).