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# MicroK8s How To guides

If you are already at least slightly familiar with MicroK8s, our *How-to* guides have more specific, step-by-step detail for performing specific goals. They’ll help you achieve an end result but may require you to understand and adapt the steps to fit your specific requirements.

Alternatively, our tutorials section contains step-by-step tutorials to guide you through what MicroK8s is and how to get started.

Our *Reference section* is for finding out things like the specific options for Microk8s commands, finding the notes for a specific release or where specific services run .

Finally, for a better understanding of how MicroK8s works and how it can be used and configured, our *Explanation* section helps expand your knowledge around MicroK8s topics.

Last updated 3 years ago. [Help improve this document in the forum](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-how-to-guides/19442).