> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.abbyy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

> Choose an Azure or self-managed Kubernetes deployment path for Vantage 3.0 self-hosted.

Vantage 3.0 self-hosted supports AKS and self-managed Kubernetes. Both paths use the same Vantage operator and `Vantage` custom resource; the infrastructure and integrations that you prepare differ. From a clean cluster, expect to work through three phases:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Confirm prerequisites">
    Provision your cluster, ArgoCD, database server, Redis, mail provider, storage, OCI registry, secrets integration, service mesh, ingress, DNS, and TLS. ABBYY does not provide infrastructure automation for these dependencies. The full inventory is on [Prerequisites](/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/prerequisites).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install the operator and Vantage">
    Install matching versions of the operator and `vantage-selfhosted` charts. Follow [Azure](/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/providers/azure) for AKS with Azure Key Vault and Istio, or [Self-Managed Kubernetes](/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/providers/self-managed) for customer-managed components.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait and verify">
    Watch the `Vantage` resource and the generated ArgoCD applications, then visit `https://<your-vantage-hostname>`. Skills are installed by a separate Kubernetes job that is not shown in ArgoCD; you can use Vantage while it runs. See [Lifecycle](/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/lifecycle).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What's next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Architecture overview" icon="book-open" href="/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/introduction">
    Understand the operator + ArgoCD + CRD pattern before you install.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monitoring" icon="chart-line" href="/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/monitoring/overview">
    Choose self-managed Prometheus or Azure managed monitoring for your Vantage install.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>