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# Tutorials

**Learning-oriented guides that take you through a series of steps to complete a project.**

Tutorials are lessons that help you gain practical skills and familiarity with cdk8s-mailu. They are designed to be followed step-by-step and will get you up and running.

## What you'll learn

These tutorials will teach you how to:

- Deploy a basic Mailu instance using cdk8s-mailu
- Configure PostgreSQL and Redis backends
- Customize component resources and settings
- Deploy with Traefik TLS termination
- Test your deployment

## Available Tutorials

```{toctree}
---
maxdepth: 1
titlesonly: true
---
01-quick-start
```

## Before you start

These tutorials assume you have:
- Basic familiarity with Kubernetes concepts
- Node.js 16+ and npm installed
- A Kubernetes cluster (local or remote)
- kubectl configured to access your cluster
- Basic TypeScript knowledge

If you're new to CDK8S, we recommend reading the [CDK8S Patterns](../explanation/cdk8s-patterns.md) explanation first to understand how constructs work.

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**Looking for practical guidance?** Check out the [How-To Guides](../how-to/index.md) for specific solutions.

**Need technical details?** See the [Reference](../reference/index.md) section for API documentation.

**Want to understand the architecture?** Read the [Explanation](../explanation/index.md) section for concepts and design decisions.