# How-to guides **Step-by-step guides** covering key operations and common tasks #### TIP [Upgrade your deployment from 3.6 to 4.0](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/upgrade-your-juju-deployment-from-36-to-40.md#upgrade-your-deployment-from-36-to-40) ## Your Juju deployment: the bird’s eye view Get a quick sense of how to do things in Juju, from preparing your deployment environment and setting up a basic deployment through hardening and upgrading your deployment all the way to troubleshooting procedures and steps to take your deployment offline. - [Manage your deployment](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-deployment.md#manage-your-deployment) - [Set up your deployment](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/set-up-your-juju-deployment.md#set-up-your-deployment) - [Set up your deployment – local testing and development](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/set-up-your-juju-deployment-local-testing-and-development.md#set-things-up) - [Set up your deployment – offline](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/set-up-your-juju-deployment-offline.md#take-your-deployment-offline) - [Harden your deployment](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/harden-your-juju-deployment.md#harden-your-deployment) - [Troubleshoot your deployment](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/troubleshoot-your-juju-deployment.md#troubleshoot-your-deployment) - [Upgrade your deployment](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/upgrade-your-juju-deployment.md#upgrade-your-deployment) - [Tear down your deployment – local testing and development](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/tear-down-your-juju-deployment-local-testing-and-development.md#tear-things-down) ## Set up Juju Install the `juju` client, add a cloud to the client, bootstrap a Juju controller, connect further clouds to the client or an existing controller, set up the Juju dashboard, configure secret backends, configure logs. - [Manage the juju CLI](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-juju.md#manage-juju) - [Manage clouds](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-clouds.md#manage-clouds) - [Manage credentials](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-credentials.md#manage-credentials) - [Manage metadata](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-metadata.md#manage-metadata) - [Manage controllers](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-controllers.md#manage-controllers) - [Manage the Juju dashboard](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-the-juju-dashboard.md#manage-the-juju-dashboard) - [Manage secret backends](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-secret-backends.md#manage-secret-backends) - [Manage logs](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-logs.md#manage-logs) ## Handle authentication and authorization Set up SSH keys. Add users and control their access to controllers, clouds, models, or application offers. - [Manage SSH keys](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-ssh-keys.md#manage-ssh-keys) - [Manage users](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-users.md#manage-users) ## Deploy infrastructure and applications Deploy, configure, integrate, scale, etc., charmed applications. This will automatically provision infrastructure, but you can customise it before, during, or after deploy too. - [Manage charms or bundles](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-charms.md#manage-charms) - [Manage charm resources](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-charm-resources.md#manage-charm-resources) - [Manage applications](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-applications.md#manage-applications) - [Manage actions](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-actions.md#manage-actions) - [Manage relations](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-relations.md#manage-relations) - [Manage offers](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-offers.md#manage-offers) - [Manage units](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-units.md#manage-units) - [Manage secrets](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-secrets.md#manage-secrets) - [Manage machines](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-machines.md#manage-machines) - [Manage storage](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-storage.md#manage-storage) - [Manage storage pools](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-storage-pools.md#manage-storage-pools) - [Manage spaces](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-spaces.md#manage-spaces) - [Manage subnets](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/howto/manage-subnets.md#manage-subnets)