YugabyteDB Anywhere is a self-managed database-as-a-service offering from YugabyteDB that allows you to deploy and operate YugabyteDB universes at scale.

Use YugabyteDB Anywhere to automate the deployment and management of YugabyteDB in your preferred environments (spanning on-prem, in the public cloud, and in Kubernetes) and topologies (single- and multi-region). [Learn more](./yba-overview/)

## Install YugabyteDB Anywhere

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    title="Prepare"
    description="Prepare your infrastructure, including cloud permissions, networking, and servers."
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    title="Install"
    description="Install YugabyteDB Anywhere on any environment, including Kubernetes, public cloud, or private cloud."
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    title="Create providers"
    description="Create the provider configurations that you will use to deploy universes."
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    buttonUrl="configure-yugabyte-platform/"
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## Use YugabyteDB Anywhere

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    title="Deploy universes"
    description="Deploy multi-region, multi-zone, and multi-cloud universes."
    buttonText="Deploy"
    buttonUrl="create-deployments/"
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  {{< sections/3-box-card
    title="Manage universes"
    description="Modify universes and their nodes, upgrade YugabyteDB software."
    buttonText="Manage"
    buttonUrl="manage-deployments/"
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    title="Back up universes"
    description="Configure storage, back up and restore universe data."
    buttonText="Back up"
    buttonUrl="back-up-restore-universes/"
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## Additional resources

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  title="Yugabyte University"
  description="Take free courses on YugabyteDB Anywhere Operations."
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  buttonUrl="https://university.yugabyte.com/collections/administrators"
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  title="Automation"
  description="Automate tasks using the API, CLI, Terraform, and more."
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  buttonUrl="anywhere-automation/"
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  linkText2="Join our community"
  linkUrl2="https://inviter.co/yugabytedb"
  linkTarget2="_blank"
  >}}

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