portainer-docs/start/intro.md

Introduction

{% hint style="info" %} These instructions are for Portainer Community Edition CE. For Portainer Business Edition BE, see the BE documentation. {% endhint %}

This section explains the Portainer architecture and how to install it. We recommend that you read the entire section to ensure your installation goes smoothly.

Learn about the architecture first, get familiar with the prerequisites to installation, then finally, step through how to install the product in your environment.

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