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## Overview

If you are new to Druid, we recommend reading the [Design Overview](../design/index.md) and the [Ingestion Overview](../ingestion/index.md) first for a basic understanding of Druid.

## Single-server Quickstart and Tutorials

To get started with running Druid, the simplest and quickest way is to try the [single-server quickstart and tutorials](../tutorials/index.md).

## Deploying a Druid cluster

If you wish to jump straight to deploying Druid as a cluster, or if you have an existing single-server deployment that you wish to migrate to a clustered deployment, please see the [Clustered Deployment Guide](../tutorials/cluster.md).

## Operating Druid

The [configuration reference](../configuration/index.md) describes all of Druid's configuration properties.

The [API reference](../api-reference/api-reference.md) describes the APIs available on each Druid process.

The [basic cluster tuning guide](../operations/basic-cluster-tuning.md) is an introductory guide for tuning your Druid cluster.

## Need help with Druid?

If you have questions about using Druid, please reach out to the [Druid user mailing list or other community channels](https://druid.apache.org/community/)!