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  {{<index/item
      title="yugabyted reference"
      body="Use the yugabyted utility to launch and manage YugabyteDB."
      href="yugabyted/"
      icon="fa-thin fa-rocket">}}

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### Manual server management

You can use the yb-tserver and yb-master binaries to manually start and configure the servers. For simplified deployment, use [yugabyted](./yugabyted/).

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  {{<index/item
      title="yb-master reference"
      body="Configure YB-Master servers to manage cluster metadata, tablets, and coordination of cluster-wide operations."
      href="yb-master/"
      icon="fa-thin fa-sliders">}}

  {{<index/item
      title="yb-tserver reference"
      body="Configure YB-TServer servers to store and manage data for client applications."
      href="yb-tserver/"
      icon="fa-thin fa-sliders">}}

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### Operating system and ports

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  {{<index/item
      title="Supported operating systems"
      body="Operating systems for deploying YugabyteDB and YugabyteDB Anywhere."
      href="operating-systems/"
      icon="fa-thin fa-window">}}

  {{<index/item
      title="Default ports"
      body="Default ports for APIs, RPCs, and admin web servers."
      href="default-ports/"
      icon="fa-thin fa-network-wired">}}

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