> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.release.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides.md).

# Advanced guides

- [Containers guide](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/containers.md)
- [Application guide](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/application.md)
- [Kubernetes guide](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/kubernetes.md)
- [Create a cluster](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/create-a-cluster.md)
- [Upgrade a cluster](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/upgrade-a-cluster.md)
- [Managing node groups](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/managing-your-node-groups.md)
- [Patch node groups](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/patch-node-groups.md): Learn how to patch node groups to update their AMI or Kubernetes version
- [Hostnames and rules](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/hostnames-and-rules.md): Customize the URLs used by each of your services for easier discovery and collaboration
- [Serve traffic on multiple ports](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/serve-traffic-on-multiple-ports.md): How to set up a service that accepts traffic on two different ports
- [Configure access to your K8s cluster](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/how-to-configure-access-to-your-k8s-cluster.md): Learn how to create access controls and view your cluster using kubectl, K9s, and eksctl
- [Restrict cluster API access](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/restrict-cluster-api-access.md): Lock down your cluster's Kubernetes API server to a specific list of source IP addresses (allowed hosts) for AWS EKS and GCP GKE clusters, without losing Release's management access.
- [Designing for multiple environments](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/designing-for-multiple-environments.md)
- [Microservices architecture](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/microservices-architecture.md): Creating applications from multiple repositories
- [Monitoring your clusters](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/monitoring-your-release-clusters.md)
- [Performance tuning](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/performance-tuning-apm.md)
- [Visibility and monitoring](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/visibility.md)
- [Working with data](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/data.md)
- [Container-based data](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/data/container-based-data.md)
- [Seeding and migration](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/data/seeding-migration.md)
- [Cloud-provided data](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/data/cloud-provided.md)
- [Golden images](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/data/golden-images.md)
- [Third party](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/data/third-party.md)
- [Pausing Instant Datasets](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/pausing-instant-datasets.md): How to pause, resume, or set schedules for Instant Datasets
- [Application pausing schedules](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/pausing-instant-datasets/application-pausing-schedules.md): How to set, change, or remove default application pause and resume schedules for Instant Datasets
- [Pause/resume environments](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/pausing-instant-datasets/pausing-resuming-environments.md): How to pause and resume Instant Datasets in individual environments
- [Infrastructure as code](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/infrastructure.md)
- [Terraform](https://docs.release.com/guides-and-examples/advanced-guides/infrastructure/terraform.md)


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