# Getting Started

In order to get started with SCEPman, we have prepared two guides that address different requirements and scopes for your deployment scenario.

**Please use the table below**, to decide which of the two guides is best suited for your scenario.

## Decision Matrix

{% hint style="info" %}
In case you have Azure resource naming conventions, high availability or auto-scaling requirements that you'd also like to trial, please directly start with **Extended Guide** - even for your Trial/PoC. This will allow you to re-use the deployment in production later on.
{% endhint %}

| Requirement / Scope                                                |                                                        Standard Guide                                                        |       Extended Guide       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------: |
| I am using SCEPman Community Edition                               |       <p><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2611">☑️</span></p><p>(not all features available)</p>      |                            |
| Trial or PoC                                                       | <p><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2611">☑️</span></p><p>(only <strong>mandatory</strong> steps)</p> |                            |
| Standard production deployment                                     |                                                  :ballot\_box\_with\_check:                                                  |                            |
| I must obey Azure resource naming conventions                      |                                                                                                                              | :ballot\_box\_with\_check: |
| High-availability / redundancy                                     |                                                                                                                              | :ballot\_box\_with\_check: |
| Auto-scaling                                                       |                                                                                                                              | :ballot\_box\_with\_check: |
| Terraform deployment                                               |                                                                                                                              | :ballot\_box\_with\_check: |
| I am in an Azure Government cloud region (GCC High, 21Vianet, ...) |                                                                                                                              | :ballot\_box\_with\_check: |

{% content-ref url="deployment-guides/community-guide" %}
[community-guide](https://docs.scepman.com/scepman-deployment/deployment-guides/community-guide)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="deployment-guides/enterprise-guide-1" %}
[enterprise-guide-1](https://docs.scepman.com/scepman-deployment/deployment-guides/enterprise-guide-1)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Videos

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1DTVlxLSoU>" %}
SCEPman 2.0 Deployment
{% endembed %}

## Scenarios

For configuration examples of specific scenarios that involve SCEPman-issued certificates, please refer to the following section:

{% content-ref url="deployment-guides/scenarios" %}
[scenarios](https://docs.scepman.com/scepman-deployment/deployment-guides/scenarios)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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